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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- The Israeli army detained a 17-year-old Palestinian from Hebron after claiming that she was planning to stab an Israeli soldier, Israeli media reported.

Hebrew-language news site Walla said that the girl refused to undergo a search at the military checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque near Hebron's Old City, leading soldiers to threaten her with their guns in order to force her to undergo a search.

The Israeli army said that they found a knife on the girl in the inspection that followed.

Palestinian sources told a Ma'an reporter in Hebron that the 17-year-old was identified as Hala Musallam Abu Sall and that she was from the al-Arrub refugee camp in northern Hebron.

Abu Sall was taken for interrogation by Israeli intelligence services.

Hebron is a frequent site of tensions due to the presence of 500 Israeli settlers in the Old City, many of whom have illegally occupied Palestinian houses and forcibly removed the original inhabitants.

They are protected by thousands of Israeli forces.

Settlers and Israeli forces regularly target local Palestinians for harassment, and many have been forced from their homes as a result.
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