TEL AVIV — An Israeli airstrike killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her young daughter in Gaza, officials said Sunday, while a Palestinian woman set off an explosion near a West Bank checkpoint.
The weekend violence was the latest in a wave of attacks which has deeply rattled Israel and the West Bank, sparking fears that of a third intifada — or Palestinian uprising.
Israel’s military said Sunday that in response to a rocket attack, it carried out airstrikes targeting two Hamas weapons-manufacturing facilities in Gaza. Local media and news agencies reported that a nearby home was hit.
Asraf Qudweh, from the Gaza Health Ministry, told NBC News that a woman and her toddler daughter died in the airstrike. The woman was five months pregnant, Qudweh said. He told The Associated Press that four other people — including the woman’s husband and son — were wounded.
Meanwhile, Israeli authorities said later Sunday that a Palestinian woman detonated an explosive after getting pulled over at a West Bank checkpoint.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the “suspicious” vehicle was pulled over near Maaleh Adumin and that the woman shouted “allahu akbar” — or “God is great” in Arabic — as she approached officers after getting out of the car. The police officer was lightly wounded, Rosenfeld said.
Lt. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces, said the bomber also was injured and had been taken to the hospital.









