A family member said Hadeel al-Hashlamun, a 19-year-old student, was taken to an Israeli hospital where she was later declared dead.
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Woman was shot in West Bank city of Hebron after she reportedly attempted to stab Israeli soldier.
The man meant to toss the device at a military vehicle, the Israeli army said. If new elections were held in the Palestinian territories, 35 percent said they would vote for Hamas, and another 35 percent would vote for Fatah.
Thousands of demonstrators came out in Jordan on Friday to protest what appears to be a new Israeli assertion of authority over Muslim sacred space in Jerusalem, which includes the third holiest place in the world for Muslims, the al-Aqsa mosque complex.
The conflict started in East Jerusalem, but flashpoints have expanded to other parts of the West Bank, according to Vox.
The Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha begins Wednesday evening and lasts until Sunday.
Palestinian protesters and Israeli police have clashed in riots outside the mosque regularly, with dozens injured.
“The aforesaid organizations strive to undermine Israeli sovereignty on the Temple Mount, change the existing reality and arrangements at the site and infringe on freedom of worship”, said the Israeli statement announcing the ban.
Noticeably, the polling was carried out in the midst of ongoing Palestinian rioting in Jerusalem.
Israeli border police arrest a Palestinian youth during clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shuafat in east Jerusalem.
Under the new proposals, police would be allowed to use live ammunition when civilian lives are in danger as well as against people who throw rocks and fire-bombs.
A study published by the Palestinian Centre for Study and Policy research found that 57% of Palestinians “support a return to an armed intifada“, as opposed to 49% supporting an uprising just three months ago. In Michaeli’s opinion, the cycle of violence would only lead to more revenge and violence, as was the case when Israeli extremists killed a Palestinian teen by burning him alive in 2014.
The main source of tension is the situation at the hilltop compound in Jerusalem known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. But in recent months, stone throwing has become a near daily occurrence in a few neighborhoods of east Jerusalem, the section of the city captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and claimed by the Palestinians as their capital.
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He said that most of the incitement to violence is coming from the Islamist Hamas, which controls Gaza, and the northern wing of the Islamic movement in Israel, both supported by Qatar.
