(JNS) Israeli forces fired on a Palestinian woman on Route 60 in the Gush Etzion area after she approached one of them with a knife, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

The woman, identified as Ghofran Warasnah, 31, was evacuated to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, where she later died, the Palestinian Authority’s official WAFA news agency reported, citing the P.A. Health Ministry.

Separately, on Monday night, the IDF arrested two suspects in Samaria after finding an improvised explosive device (IED) in their vehicle.