RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli army killed a Palestinian woman on Tuesday in northern West Bank after she allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack, the Ramallah-based Health Ministry said.

"We are informed by the general authority for civil affairs that Amana Yaqou, 30, was killed by Israeli army near Salfit," the ministry said in brief statement.

Palestinian security sources said the incident occurred when the woman reached the Haris/Gitai Avishar Junction, where the Israeli army opened fire on her "for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack."

Video footage widely circulated on social networks showed a woman lying on the ground, with several Israeli soldiers in uniform standing next to her, some of whom covered her body with a blanket.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday in a statement that its soldiers "neutralized" a woman who allegedly hurled rocks and attempted to stab Israeli soldiers adjacent to a junction near the Ariel settlement.

An Israeli military spokesperson told Israel Radio Kan that a knife was later found in the woman's possession when her body was searched, and that no Israeli soldiers were injured in the incident.

Also on Tuesday, the IDF said in a separate statement that it has punished commanders and soldiers for spraying graffiti on buildings and vandalizing equipment during an operation on Wednesday at the Dheisha refugee camp close to the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.

The operation was then stopped, and the graffiti has been covered up, the IDF said.

Following an investigation into the prohibited acts, the commander of the involved battalion and a company commander were reprimanded, another company commander, two other commanders and several soldiers involved in the incident were dismissed, and the platoon involved was dissolved, it said. Enditem

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