Israeli occupation forces on Monday shot dead a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in the north of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli occupation forces on Monday shot dead a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in the north of the occupied West Bank.

The woman attempted to attack Israeli security guards with a knife at the checkpoint near the city of Qalqilya, Israeli occupation defense ministry said in a statement.

Palestinian police identified her as Rasha Uweisseh, 23 and from Qalqilya.

The incident is the latest in a weeks-long wave of attacks on occupation forces in the occupied territories and the West Bank.

It came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington to meet US President Barack Obama for the first time in more than a year.

Netanyahu's meeting with Obama will centre on US defense aid to the Zionist entity following the July nuclear accord between major powers and Iran.