UPDATE: Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman near Jericho

JORDAN VALLEY: Israeli occupation forces Sunday shot and killed a Palestinian woman while she was passing through al-Hamra military checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley.

Local sources said that the occupation forces shot a woman, who was later identified to be Manal Sawafta, 40, from Tubas, and prevented medical crews from approaching her.

The Israeli troops claimed that Sawafta attempted to carry out a stabbing attack against them.

The sources added that the occupation closed the military checkpoint in both directions.

The occupation forces set up al-Hamra military checkpoint at a crossroads linking the cities of the West Bank with the central, southern and northern Jordan Valley.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA