Health Ministry said in a statement that Ayed Azzam Saleem died Saturday night at the Darwish Nazzal Public Hospital after being shot by Israeli gunfire in her abdomen and chest.
Cited by WAFA news agency, witnesses reported that Israeli forces attacked Palestinians who were peacefully protesting in Azzun.
In recent days, tension escalated in the occupied territories following the Israeli law enforcement assaults on the Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, an action strongly condemned by the international community, especially Arab and Muslim nations.
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