Palestinian teenager sentenced to 13 years in prison

An Israeli court in Jerusalem has sentenced a teenage Palestinian girl to 13-and-a-half years in prison over a stabbing attack carried out last year.

According to lawyer Mufid al-Hajj of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society, the prison sentence handed down to 17-year-old Nurhan Awad also came with a fine of 30,000 shekels ($7,757).

Last year, when Awad was 16-years-old, she allegedly carried out a stabbing attack with her 14-year-old cousin Hadil Wajih Awad, who was shot dead by an Israeli security guard during the incident.

Video footage shows the police officer continuing to shoot the girl after she had fallen down and was lying motionless, killing her in the process.

Meanwhile, Nurhan was severely wounded with two bullet wounds in her stomach.

Hadil's brother, Mahmoud Awad, reportedly died in 2013, several months after he was shot and injured during clashes with Israeli troops inside a north Jerusalem refugee camp.

Nurhan's prison sentence is the latest in an Israeli crackdown on young Palestinians.

Earlier this month, an Israeli court sentenced 14-year-old Ahmed Manasra to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 80,000 Shekels ($20,664) for his part in the stabbing of two Israelis.

He was just 13-years-old when he allegedly attempted to murder two Israelis in a Jewish settlement in occupied east Jerusalem.

Manasra was with his 15-year-old cousin Hassan, who was shot dead by security forces.

Violence since October 2015 has killed at least 240 Palestinians and 36 Israelis.

Israeli forces have been accused of using excessive force in many cases.

Israel denies such charges, claiming stringent "security measures" were necessary to counter attacks, and that a Palestinian campaign of incitement is fanning the violence.

Palestinians say the rise in knife attacks on Israeli soldiers is rooted in frustration stemming from nearly five decades of Israeli military occupation.