Elderly Palestinian woman martyred by Zionist forces' bullet in West Bank

An elderly Palestinian woman was martyred by Israeli troops near the Gush Etzion junction south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on Sunday morning.

An Israeli troop shot a Palestinian woman who tried to carry out a stabbing attack, Israel's military claimed. Palestinian officials said the woman, aged 60, died of her wounds.

The Israeli army said that that she had tried to attack a group soldiers with a knife. Gush Etzion is one of the main illegal settlement blocs in West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
 

Last January, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man at the Gush Etzion junction, also claiming he had tried to attack them with a knife.
 

Approximately 70,000 Zionists live in 22 settlements there, in constructions considered illegal under international law.

Video footage published on Twitter by Israeli social media users purported to show Al-Huroub walking towards the soldiers while they pointed guns at her, told her to stop, and then fired warning shots before injuring her in her leg.