Tel Aviv, June 17 -- : Amid rise of tensions between Israel and Palestine, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have shot a Palestinian woman dead allegedly for attempting to carry out a car-ramming attack in the northeast of Jerusalem.
Palestinian media, which identified the victim as doctoral student Mai Afanah, 29, from Abu Dis, said she was shot and left bleeding at the scene of the incident on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported.
As per Times of Israel, the incident occurred at the Palestinian town of Hizme, northeast of Jerusalem amid increasingly frequent attacks in the West Bank.
"A terrorist tried to ram soldiers near Hizme and then attempted to carry out a stabbing," the IDF said in a statement. "There were no Israeli casualties and that...