The Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle during an arrest raid, killing a woman identified as Sanaa al-Tal, 19. The incident occurred in the city of Beitunia, the Palestinian health ministry reported.

“This morning, Israeli forces shot at a car and its passengers in Beytuna town and arrested some of them. One of the passengers was a lady, who has now been martyred,” al-Shahab Arabic news agency reported on its Twitter account.

The Palestinian health ministry said the young woman was martyred after she was shot in the head by Israeli occupation forces during their storming of Beitunia at dawn.

Palestinians and rights groups accuse Israeli soldiers of using excessive force against Palestinians, without being held accountable.

The Palestinian health ministry said the young woman was martyred after she was shot in the head by Israeli occupation soldiers during their storming of Beitunia at dawn.

The Israeli occupation army has tightened its deadly grip on the West Bank in the past few months. Israeli forces have recently been conducting overnight raids and killings in the northern occupied West Bank, mainly in the cities of Jenin and Nablus, where new groups of Palestinian resistance fighters have been formed.

In early November, the Palestinian health ministry reported that Israel has killed more than 185 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since the start of 2022.

Local and international rights groups have condemned Israel’s excessive use of force and “shoot-to-kill policy” against Palestinians.