Horrifying moment an Israeli soldier pointed his rifle at veiled teenage Palestinian student...

Yesterday, an Israeli forces shot dead a young female Palestinian attacker, after she attempted to stab a soldier at a West Bank checkpoint on Tuesday. More photos after the cut...

as tensions continued to simmer ahead of this week's major Jewish and Muslim holidays. The woman later died of her injuries.

The woman was identified as 18-year-old university student Hadeel al-Hashlamon. She was taken to an Israeli hospital in critical condition and her father, Salah al-Hashlamon, said she later died of her injuries. The soldier was not wounded.

Another soldier is seen here joining the strabd-off as a man in civilian attire seems to try to intervene. Shortly after this picture was taken, al-Hashlamon was shot dead