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Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman and brother

By Reuters - Apr 27,2016 - Last updated at Apr 27,2016

A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli soldier near the scene where two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces near Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday (Reuters photo)

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman and her teenage brother on Wednesday, saying they were armed with knives and tried to carry out an attack at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.

Israel forces said the woman, holding a knife, and a man walked rapidly towards Israeli forces in a vehicles-only lane at the Qalandia checkpoint outside Jerusalem.

"Police called on them several times to stop. When they kept advancing... the officers neutralised the terrorists," an Israeli forces statement said.

The Palestinian health ministry identified the two dead as Maram Abu Ismail, 23, and her 16-year-old brother, Ibrahim Taha.

Israeli forces, who have been on high alert during the current Jewish Passover holiday week, issued a photograph of three knives on the ground which they said the two had been carrying.

Alaa Soboh, a Palestinian bus driver who said he witnessed the incident, told Reuters the pair appeared to be unfamiliar with crossing procedures and were swiftly challenged at the checkpoint.

 

"As soon as the two crossed, [Israeli forces] started screaming 'Go back, go back', and then they began shooting. The first one they shot was the girl... the boy tried to go backward, when they fired seven bullets at him," Soboh said.

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