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January 31, 2019

Israeli Forces Kill Teenage Palestinian Girl at West Bank Checkpoint
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In the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli forces shot and killed
a 16-year-old Palestinian girl at a checkpoint in the West Bank
Wednesday. Israeli police say that Samah Zuhair Mubarak attempted to
stab a security guard. Local reports say that Israeli soldiers on the
scene denied medical care to the teenager after she was shot.


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