A nine-year-old Israeli girl who was shot and seriously wounded in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Saturday was a victim of a Palestinian militant terrorist attack.
The girl, who was playing in the yard outside her home, was shot by a gunman at very close range. Confusingly, doctors said later that they had not established whether her wounds were caused by a shooting or a stabbing. This was probably caused due to the close impact of being shot, causing the wound to look like a stabbing.
Israeli security forces are still searching in and around the Psagot settlement, where the shooting occurred, near the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
Violence in the West Bank has risen in the past few weeks.
Last month two Israeli soldiers were killed in the West Bank in two separate incidents. Authorities said one was killed by a Palestinian who had lured him to his hometown and a second was shot in the city of Hebron by a suspected Palestinian sniper.
The brave little girl, who did not lose consciousness, is reported to be in light-to-moderate condition by doctors at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek medical centre.
We at this blog wish the dear little girl a speedy recovery and we send our wishes to her family at this difficult time.
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