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Nablus, West Bank — An American woman was shot and killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, two doctors told The Associated Press. Dr. Ward Basalat said that the 26-year-old woman was shot in the head and died after arriving at the hospital.

Witnesses and Palestinian media reported that the woman was shot by Israeli troops while attending a pro-Palestinian demonstration against settlement expansion in the northern West Bank.

Dr. Fouad Naffa, the head of the hospital, also confirmed the death of an American citizen.

The Israeli military didn’t immediately comment on the shooting. CBS News is seeking comment from U.S. and Israeli officials. 

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A file photo shows demonstrators sitting in front of Israeli border guards during a protest vigil in Beit Jala, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Sept. 3, 2024 in solidarity with the Palestinian Kisiya family whose land was taken over by armed Israeli settlers planning to build a new outpost.

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Violence has increased dramatically in the West Bank since Hamas, which ruled over the smaller Palestinian Territory, the Gaza Strip, launched its Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, sparking the ongoing war in Gaza

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Lindsey Reiser reports on the status of government funding to avoid a shutdown, what a new interest rate cut means for your wallet, and the top entertainment stories that defined 2024.

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Teacher, student killed in Wisconsin school shooting identified

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A teacher and student killed in a shooting earlier this week at a school in Madison, Wisconsin, were identified Wednesday by authorities.

The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a news release provided to CBS News that 42-year-old Erin West and 14-year-old Rubi Vergara were fatally shot Monday morning at Abundant Life Christian School.

Preliminary examinations determined the two died of “homicidal firearm related trauma.” Both were pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner said.

An online obituary on a local funeral site stated Vergara was a freshman who leaves behind her parents, one brother, and a large extended family. It described her as “an avid reader” who “loved art, singing and playing keyboard in the family worship band.” 

West’s exact position with the school was unclear.   

The medical examiner also confirmed that a preliminary autopsy found that the suspected shooter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow — a student at the same school — was pronounced dead at a local hospital Monday of “firearm related trauma.” Madison Chief of Police Shon F. Barnes had previously told reporters that Rupnow was pronounced dead while being transported to a hospital. 

Police had also previously stated that she was believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The shooting at the private Christian K-12 school was reported just before 11 a.m. Monday. In addition to the two people killed and the shooter, six others were wounded.  

Police said the shooting occurred in a classroom where a study hall was taking place involving students from several grades.

A handgun was recovered after the shooting, Barnes said, but it was unclear where the gun came from or how many shots were fired. A law enforcement source said the weapon used in the shooting appears to have been a 9 mm pistol.

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A bipartisan House deal on a short-term funding measure that would avoid a potential shutdown and keep the government operational through March appeared to have been scrapped Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and some hardline Republican lawmakers came out against it. Nikole Killion has details from Capitol Hill.

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