A 16-year-old Palestinian on Friday was seriously injured after being run over by a Jewish settler in the southern West Bank, according to a Palestinian official.
Ibrahim Abu Zara, governor oh Hebron’s Yatta municipality, told Anadolu Agency:
“Ays Mahmoud Houshiyeh, 16, from the city of Hebron [Al-Khalil] was run over by an Israeli settler while he was walking down the city’s main street.”
BREAKING | A Palestinian teenager was critically injured after he was run over by a Jewish settler near Yatta town in the southern occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/AG308QWIFb
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Houshiyeh has since been taken to a nearby hospital, Abu Zara said, where he is being treated for serious head injuries.
More than 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law, with recent announcements of settlement expansion provoking condemnation from the international community.
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Palestinian child has been reported seriously injured after being deliberately run over by a settler's car northern Hebrew.— Hanthala News Agency (@HanthalaNews) April 5, 2019
The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem reported that Palestinians in the West Bank are often targeted by Jewish settlers, fully backed by Israeli authorities.
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