Maha Katoumi in hospital
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Palestinian woman loses baby in clashes
Palestinian woman loses eight-month fetus after sustaining injury in stomach during clashes between soldiers, gumen
A pregnant Palestinian woman was wounded and lost her baby during fighting on Thursday between Israeli troops and gunmen in the West Bank, local medical officials said.
Residents of Ain Beit Alma refugee camp in the town of Nablus said Maha Katoumi, 30, had been shot and wounded by Israeli soldiers who fired at gunmen attacking them with explosives.
Doctors at a local hospital said Katoumi, in her eighth month of pregnancy, lost the baby. One doctor displayed the dead fetus to a Reuters television crew.
Asked about the incident, an Israeli army spokesman in Tel Aviv said he was checking the reports about the wounded woman.
A soldier sustained wounds to the legs and arms in the fighting.
"Improvised grenades were thrown at a group of soldiers operating in the area overnight. The soldiers identified gunmen shooting at them and they returned fire ... and identified hitting two of them," the spokesman said.
Four Palestinian terror suspects were arrested in the operation.
Efrat Weiss contributed to this report
