JERUSALEM, February 27, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Monday afternoon shot a Palestinian girl at Qalandia military checkpoint, north of Jerusalem.

The Health Ministry confirmed a girl was shot and injured when she approached the checkpoint, but did not describe her injury.

Israeli police claimed the girl was shot because she attempted to carry out a stabbing attack.

Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samiri claimed “the suspect approached Qalandiya checkpoint on foot using the vehicular lane. She did not respond to calls of the soldiers to stop,” prompting soldiers to shoot and “neutralize” her.

However, police confirmed later that the girl did not have a knife in her possession.

The girl was only identified as in her 20s and a resident of the Jerusalem district village of Kafr Aqab.

Meanwhile, an elderly Palestinian woman sustained injuries after being hit with a concussion bomb fired by Israeli forces at the checkpoint.

She was identified as Khadija Saramih, 65, from al-Eizariyya town, southeast of Jerusalem.

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