The Israeli army has shot and wounded a
Palestinian woman after she stabbed an Israeli
civilian near a Jewish settlement bloc in the
southern part of the occupied West Bank , police
said .
Witnesses told Al Jazeera that 23- year-old Amal
Jihad Taqatqa from Bethlehem arrived at the Gush
Etzion settlement bloc on Monday and stabbed the
civilian with a knife, injuring him lightly.
"According to the police , the woman approached
an Israeli soldier with the intention of stabbing him
but was unable to do so . So she then used her
knife to harm a passerby, an Israeli civilian, who
was apparently only lightly injured , "
Al Jazeera' s
Nisreen El- Shamayleh reported from Ramallah .
The Palestine Red Crescent told Al Jazeera that
they saw the Palestinian woman after she was
shot at the junction and that she was still alive at
the time . However , Israeli authorities did not allow
the Palestinian medical team to approach her .
Police released a statement saying that the Israeli
civilian suffered minor injuries in the stabbing at
the settlement bloc south of Bethlehem , and that
the Palestinian woman was transferred to a
hospital for further medical treatment .
Local sources told Al Jazeera that Taqatqa 's
house in Bet Fajjar , south of Bethlehem , has been
raided by Israeli forces and that they have also
arrested her father .
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