Israeli security forces: Woman detonated gas canister, not bomb

Israel's Shin Bet has said that a woman who detonated a device at a checkpoint earlier on Sunday actually used a gas canister, and not a bomb as was stated earlier.

A representative of the internal security force told the Associated Press that a police officer motioned for the woman to stop after noticing her trailing a police car. When the officer spoke to her, she said "God is greatest" before exploding the gas canister.

The forces added that the woman is a east Jerusalem resident who sometimes lived in the West Bank - she remains critically injured.