NABLUS, Thursday, May 04, 2023 (WAFA) – A Palestinian woman has Thursday been killed by Israeli gunfire in the town of Huwwara, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, sources said.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the woman has been identified as Eman Ziyad Odeh, 26.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Department. told WAFA that the Israeli forces opened fire at a Palestinian woman near the Einabus square.

He said that she's been taken to the Rafidia hospital.

Jibril added that the young woman's injuries were reported to be very critical as she was shot in the chest by the Israeli soldiers.

With the killing of Odeh, the number of Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli forces today has risen to four, following the killing of three Palestinians during a military raid in Nablus' Old City this morning.

The number of Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers since the beginning of 2023 has risen to 108, including 20 children and two women.

K.T.