A civilian security guard shot dead a knife-wielding Palestinian terrorist at the Qalandiya checkpoint between Jerusalem and northern Judea and Samaria, the Israel Police said in a statement on Saturday.
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"A civilian security guard who recognized what was happening called on her to stop several times," the police statement said, adding that when the woman continued to move forward "the security guard then fired several bullets."
Amateur video posted online showed the woman lying on the ground at the crossing.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club, an advocacy group, said her name was Ibtissam Kaabneh and that she had previously served 18 months in an Israeli prison, after being arrested in 2016. Media reports said she had served time for an attempted stabbing.
The shooting at the Qalandiya checkpoint was the latest in a string of violent incidents in Judea and Samaria in recent days.
On Thursday, three Palestinians, including an Islamic Jihad terrorist and two members of the Palestinian security forces, were shot dead during a raid by Israeli undercover troops in the town of Jenin.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a top adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, said Israel "would be held accountable for the ramifications of any escalation" and urged the international community "to provide protection for the Palestinian people."
Rudeineh further called on US President Joe Biden "to pressure Israel into halting acts of aggression to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control."
On Friday, a 15-year-old boy was killed by soldiers during protests against a settler outpost near the town of Beita.
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