Israeli Forces Kill Elderly Palestinian Woman During West Bank Raids

An elderly Palestinian woman, Zahiya Joudeh al-Obeidi, was fatally shot in the head during an Israeli Border Police raid in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem. The Border Police have launched an internal investigation into the incident, which took place amid escalating Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Zahiya's family asserts she was killed while standing on her rooftop, with the police responding to stone-throwing rioters in the area. The raid also involved searches of Palestinian homes, the demolition of Palestinian buildings, and the detention of several young men. This killing occurs amid a broader context of increasing Israeli military raids and settler violence in Palestinian territories since October 2023, leading to hundreds of Palestinian casualties. The Jerusalem Governorate and Palestinian authorities condemned the actions, emphasizing the ongoing discriminatory policies aimed at Judaizing the city and displacing its Palestinian residents.