19-year-old Palestinian woman student shot dead by Israeli troops

This is the dramatic moment an Israeli soldier takes aim at a veiled Palestinian student. Seconds later, the teenager was shot dead by troops in Hebron after apparently trying to stab a soldier. But relatives of 19-year-old Hadeel al-Hashlamun denied the Israeli report and claimed she had been illegally killed. The pictures were posted on the Facebook page of Palestinian activist group Youth Against Settlements.

She was like a nail, like she was in shock. I was shouting, ‘She doesn’t understand Hebrew!’

Eyewitness Fawaz Abu Aisheh, 34

They show the soldier pointing his rifle at Ms Hashlamun, who was wearing a black robe, from a short distance away. Other images show her lying on the ground after being shot. A family member said after Ms Hashlamun was shot she was taken to an Israeli hospital where she was later declared dead. Eyewitnesses say the teenager was trying to show a soldier what was in her bag and did not understand his commands to stop moving when shots rang out. Later, a 23-year-old man was killed by a bomb he was reportedly about to throw at Israeli Defence Forces.

Middle East Hebron