“Video footage of the incident shows the woman standing some distance away from the Israeli guards when they shot her dead. She did not appear to be carrying a firearm and did not pose any immediate threat to the guards or to the lives of people in the vicinity when they opened fire. This strongly suggests that her killing may have been unlawful.“Under international law, lethal force must only be used when strictly unavoidable and in order to defend people from imminent risk of death or serious injury," said Human Rights NGO Amnesty International Earlier this year, on May 31, a 19-year-old Palestinian named Yousef Wajih from the West Bank, who had allegedly come to the Temple Mount for Ramadan to pray, stabbed two Israeli's while running through the narrow corridors of the Old City.He first attacked and critically wounded a 47-year-old man at the Damascus Gate. Then minutes later, while running through the Arab market, the terrorist stabbed a 16-year-old who was traveling back home with his brother after praying at the Western Wall just before 6:30am that day.Border police arrived at the scene and shot the assailant dead, neutralizing him.Later scenes show the body of the Palestinian covered by golden foil as Border Police stand nearby and police forensics units comb the scene for evidence.Female terrorist attempted to carry out stabbing attack at kalandia security crossing. Units responded, terrorist shot, injured moderately. pic.twitter.com/iawfDjC0P9
— Micky Rosenfeld (@MickyRosenfeld) September 18, 2019
“Israeli forces have a horrific track record of committing serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law – including using excessive force and carrying out unlawful killings. This pattern grows unobstructed by the complete lack of accountability for Israeli forces who carry human rights violations.“Today’s killing is an urgent reminder of the need for international justice to start charting the way towards an end to Israel’s institutionalized and systematic violations of Palestinian human rights," concluded Amnesty.A Palestinian terrorist carried out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's old city this morning, wounding two Israelis, one of them is suffering critical injuries.Our prayers are with the victims of this terror attack and their families. We wish them a full & quick recovery. pic.twitter.com/2YiLKsfIWc
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) May 31, 2019