January 26, 2016: Shlomit Krigman, 24, was killed aby two Palestinians who stabbed her outside of a market in Beit Horon settlement, near Ramallah. Another young woman, 17, was also injured during the incident. Shlomit died of her wounds one day later. She was from Beit Horon settlement. Source: Haaretz
January 17, 2016: Dafna Meir, 38, was killed by two Palestinian who stabbed her in the back of her head outside of her home. A struggle ensued eventually leading into Meir’s home. Israeli sources said the 16-year old assailant fled the scene, but he was arrested two days later. Dafna was from Otneil settlement south of Hebron in the West Bank. Source: Haaretz
Nov 22, 2015: Hadar Buchris, 21, was killed in a stabbing attack, near the illegal Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Maan News Agency that, after the Palestinian stabbed the woman at the Gush Etzion junction, ‘the soldiers on site responded to the imminent threat and shot the attacker, resulting in his death.’
Hadar was evacuated to Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem where she was pronounced dead. A spokesperson for the hospital said: ‘She was brought to the hospital almost dead.’
The Palestinian who stabbed the woman, was identified as 34-year-old Issam Ahmad Thawabta from Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem district, was fatally shot by the soldiers.
A Maan reporter who was in the area during the attack said that he witnessed dozens of Israeli soldiers rushing to the hitchhiking station for Israeli settlers at the Gush Etzion junction, firing gunshots.
The soldiers then shut down the main bypass road known as Route 60.
Thawabta was the third Palestinian to be killed that day after two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli settlers in two separate incidents on Sunday morning.
A Palestinian taxi driver was shot and killed by a settler near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kfar Adumim in the central West Bank after he ran into another car on a main road, and allegedly got out ‘with a knife in his hand,’ Israeli police said.
Less than an hour earlier, a prominent Israeli settler ran over a 16-year-old Palestinian girl near Nablus, saying that he believed she intended to carry out a stabbing attack at Huwwara military roadblock.
After she was hit by the car, another Israeli settler then shot her multiple times while she was lying on the ground.
The teenager was identified as Ashraqat Taha Ahmad Qatanani from Nablus, while Israeli media identified the man who ran her over as Gershon Mesika, the former head of the ‘Samaria regional council,’ which represents Israel’s illegal settlements in the northern West Bank.
After running the girl over with his car and driving into a ditch, Mesika got out of his car and shot the girl. Israeli forces also opened fire on her.
More than 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of October — many shot dead under circumstances that rights groups said that Israeli forces used unnecessary force — while at least 16 Israelis have been killed in the same period.
The Gush Etzion junction in particular has been the site of several deadly encounters, including a shooting attack on Thursday that resulted in the death of two Israelis and one Palestinian bystander, and the injury of ten others.
In response, Israeli officials agreed on Thursday to increase security measures inside the settlement bloc, including increased restrictions on the movement of Palestinians.
Israeli news site Ynet reported that the measures could include the temporary restriction of movement of Palestinians in the area, the deployment of extra Israeli security forces, and the construction of a ‘fence’ along certain roads.
The measures come after a meeting between the Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon, the Israeli army’s chief of staff, and the mayor of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, an administrative body for illegal settlements in the area.
The regional council also urged settlers who own firearms to voluntarily accompany children on school buses to assist as first responders after attacks.
October 1, 2015: Naama Henkin, early 30’s, was killed along with her husband when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on their car as they drove on a road reserved for Jewish settlers. Their four children were not hurt. Source: Haaretz
November 10, 2014: Dalia Lemkus, 26, was killed after being stabbed to by a Palestinian who also injured two other Israelis in Gush Etzion Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Dalia was from Tekoa Israeli settlement in the West Bank district of Bethlehem. Source: Haaretz
May 1, 2014: Shelley Dadon, 19, was killed by a Palestinian taxi driver while on her way to a job interview, and her body was found in a parking lot in Migdal Haemel with signs of trauma and stab wounds. Although the motive in unclear, the police said she was killed for nationalistic reasons. Shelly was from Afula. Source: Jerusalem Post
April 15, 2014: Noha Mohammad Qatamesh, 46, was killed by Israeli forces who fired a tear gas canister near her home in Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem during a protest.
She died of gas inhalation after the soldiers fired numerous gas bombs at the protesters, and three of the canisters directly hit her home, located in the Rowwad area, in the center of Aida refugee camp. Local activist Ibrahim Musallam said that Noha was suffering from respiratory issues, and was admitted to the hospital one day prior to her death after inhaling gas fired by the soldiers.
She was released from the hospital later that day. But the following day, when the Israeli army invaded again and fired dozens of gas bombs and live rounds directly into her neighborhood and home, she again inhaled gas and was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The ambulance had a difficult time getting to Noha, and getting her to the hospital, according to local sources, because of the Israeli military presence in the camp and the fog of tear gas that covered the neighborhood. Source: IMEMC