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Occupation magazine - Life under occupation Home page  back Print  Send To friend 19-year old Palestinian girl shot and killed after alleged attack near Tulkarem Palestinian teen shot dead DEC. 1, 2015 10:38 A.M. (UPDATED: DEC. 1, 2015 12:30 P.M.) 167 http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769111 Israeli soldiers inspect a Palestinian car at a checkpoint close to the West Bank village of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, on October 2, 2015. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh, File) BETHLEHEM () -- Israel`s army said. An Israeli army spokesperson said that the officer killed the young woman at a checkpoint near the illegal settlement of Enav east of Tulkarem because she posed an `immediate danger` to him. The Israeli officer was not injured during the encounter. A spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent said that one of their emergency teams arrived on the scene shortly afterward. She confirmed that the young woman had no vital signs. The team was prevented from taking away her body, which was instead taken away in an Israeli army medical jeep. Israeli police said that the area was closed off following the incident. Earlier on Tuesday morning, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by Israeli forces in the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli settler. No Israelis were wounded by the boy, although Israeli forces wounded an Israeli bystander with bullet shrapnel, the Israeli army said. More than 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis since the beginning of October, more than a quarter of whom were children. While Israel alleged many of those were attempting to attack Israelis when they were shot, Palestinians and rights groups have disputed Israel`s version of events in a number of cases. The attacks that have taken place -- claiming the lives of 19 Israelis -- have been accompanied by a wave of popular unrest that has swept the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel. by Israeli troops near Tulkarem author Tuesday December 01, 2015 12:18author by Celine Hagbard - IMEMC News Report post Israeli soldiers stationed at a checkpoint near Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, shot and killed Maram Ramez Hassouna, 19, on Tuesday morning. Maram Hassouna, killed by Israeli forces (image from Said Shouib Twitter) Maram Hassouna, killed by Israeli forces (image from Said Shouib Twitter) Hassouna was from Rafidia, near Nablus, and had been crossing the checkpoint, which is located between Nablus and Tulkarem, when she was shot and killed. Israeli authorities claimed that `she had a knife`, but no independent confirmation of that claim could be found. Similar accusations in the past have often been unfounded. International and Israeli human rights groups have condemned the Israel military`s practice of shooting with multiple rounds if a Palestinian is believed to have a knife. On many occasions over the past two months, Israeli troops have fired numerous rounds at alleged Palestinian attackers even after they lay wounded on the ground. Such killings are considered to be in violation of international human rights laws and standards, but no nation or international body has held Israeli to account for its practices. Hassouna was the second Palestinian teen to be killed on Tuesday. Just an hour before, a Palestinian boy, 16, was killed by Israeli forces near Bethlehem. See link below for more info. ============================================================================ ========= Westland Lysander :Some talk of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]], and some of [[Hercules]] :Of [[Hector]] and [[Lysander]], and such great names as these. ````The British Grenadiers```` is a traditional [[march (music)|marching song]] of [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] military units whose badge of identification carries the grenade, Links to the latest articles in this section Occupation forces injure mourners following funeral of slain infant Mohammad Tamimi Nabi Saleh village assaulted - toddler shot in the head died in hospital Palestinians in the snow: thrown from home into the snow, throw snowballs and get arrested