According to Israeli police and official Palestinian media, two Palestinian women were killed by Israeli soldiers in separate instances in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli troops shot a Palestinian woman near Bethlehem on Sunday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The woman, who was in her 40s, died as a result of a ruptured artery and substantial blood loss, according to the ministry.
Ghada Ibrahim Sabatien, a widowed mother of six, was identified by the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
When a suspect approached, soldiers fired warning bullets into the air, then “fired towards the man’s lower body” near Husan, according to the Israeli army.
According to an Israeli police statement, a Palestinian woman stabbed and lightly wounded an Israeli border police officer before being killed by Israeli forces in the southern city of Hebron.
For the second day in a row, Israeli soldiers raided the West Bank city of Jenin, the home of the alleged attackers who carried out recent deadly strikes in the Tel Aviv area. At least ten persons have been injured in clashes in Jenin, Jericho, and Tulkarem.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, 24 arrests were made in various occupied West Bank cities.
A man from Jenin is accused of killing three Israelis and injuring more than a dozen others in a popular Tel Aviv nightlife area on Thursday evening, prompting the military action.
Israel said on Friday that Raad Hazem, the alleged attacker, had been slain.
Since March 22, 14 people have been slain in four incidents in Israel, including another shooting near Tel Aviv in Bnei Brak, an Orthodox Jewish town.
At least ten Palestinians have been killed in the same time span.
In fierce gun engagements on Saturday, the Israeli army and border police killed a 25-year-old Palestinian from Islamic Jihad, the major Palestinian armed movement other than Hamas.
According to the ministry, thirteen other Palestinians were injured in the incident on Saturday, including a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the stomach.
On Saturday, the Israeli army attacked the town of Burqin near Jenin, ostensibly in search of former Palestinian prisoner Nour al-Din Hamada. That raid resulted in two injuries.
In addition, Israel has restricted access to Jenin, shuttered Israeli borders, and increased security inspections.
The Gaza Strip’s Hamas and Islamic Jihad welcomed the Tel Aviv bombing, which drew condemnation from the UN, but did not claim responsibility. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the attack.
The new violence comes as tensions rise throughout Ramadan, following unrest erupted during the Muslim holy month last year, resulting in an 11-day confrontation between Israel and Palestinian forces in Gaza.
Following the incident on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett allowed security forces “complete freedom” to put a stop to the fatal violence that has been on the rise since March 22 “in order to destroy terror.”
