Occupied Jerusalem: A Palestinian woman said to be the mother of a man killed last year was shot dead by Israeli police on Wednesday, officials said.
Photos posted on social media showed the apparently middle-aged woman lying face down after she was murdered outside the gate, a main entrance to the Old City.
A number of other entrances to the Old City, a key tourist attraction, were also sealed off, media reported.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the deceased as Siham Nimr, 49, from Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Palestinian official news agency said she was the mother of Mustafa Nimr, a 27-year-old shot dead by Israeli police in September.
Israeli Police initially claimed he was an attacker, but later admitted that was untrue.
Israeli authorities alleged Siham had a knife when she entered the Damascus Gate — a claim they always make to justify cold-blooded murder.
Palestinian and international organisations have documented dozens of extrajudicial killings committed by the occupation forces and colonists in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
Palestinians plan to use this documented evidence as proof of Israeli violence and aggression against unarmed Palestinian civilians.
