Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli occupation forces shot dead a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday, the army said in a statement.
The Palestinian health ministry confirmed that a woman was killed but could not immediately give her age or name.
The incident took place as Washington’s UN ambassador, Samantha Power, arrived for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
Since the current round of bloodshed erupted at the beginning of October, 167 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers and colonists. The Israeli regime claims most of those shot dead were trying to stab Israelis, although Palestinians widely dispute such claims.
The violence has claimed the lives of 26 Israelis, as well as an American, a Sudanese and an Eritrean, according to an AFP count.
The army statement said that Saturday’s incident occurred near Hebron’s shared religious site known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs and to Muslims as the Ebrahimi Mosque, a site of frequent friction between the sides.
Hebron is a regular flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with several hundred Jewish colonists living in the heart of the city under heavy military guard among around 200,000 Palestinians.
