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Israeli forces thwart attack by woman draped in Hamas flag

The terrorist, who was armed with a knife, was neutralized by Israeli security forces at the Qalandiya Crossing after failing to heed calls to halt, according to police.

Israeli forces foiled a terrorist attack by neutralizing a Palestinian woman wrapped in a Hamas flag and armed with a knife at the Qalandiya crossing near Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2023. Credit: Israel Police.
Israeli forces foiled a terrorist attack by neutralizing a Palestinian woman wrapped in a Hamas flag and armed with a knife at the Qalandiya crossing near Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2023. Credit: Israel Police.

Israeli forces on Tuesday foiled a terrorist attack at the Qalandiya Crossing near Jerusalem.

According to police, a Palestinian woman draped in a Hamas flag and armed with a knife was shot by Israeli security forces after ignoring directives to halt.

She was treated at the scene before being taken into custody.

On Monday, one Israeli Border Police officer was killed and another moderately wounded in a terrorist attack near Herod’s Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City.

The slain officer was named as Sgt. Elisheva Rose Ida Lubin, 20, from Kibbutz Sa’ad near the Gaza border.

According to police, Lubin immigrated from the United States in August 2021, and was drafted into the force in March of the following year.

The terrorist, who was killed by Israeli security forces, was identified as a 16-year-old resident of the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya. Police said that another suspect was detained at the scene and that his connection to the assailant and the attack were being investigated.

Last week, an Israeli policeman was seriously wounded in a stabbing near the Shivtei Yisrael light rail stop in Jerusalem.

On Oct. 12, two police officers were injured in a terrorist shooting just outside Jerusalem’s Old City.

On Sunday night, Israeli police arrested 23 terror suspects in Jerusalem’s Shuafat neighborhood and the town of Anata northeast of the capital.

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