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Israeli settler runs over, kills Palestinian man, injuries two others in occupied West Bank

Friday, 12 February 2021 10:42 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 12 February 2021 10:45 AM ]

This picture shows the aftermath of a car-ramming attack by an Israeli settler against a group of Palestinian hikers near the town of Tubas in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, on February 12, 2021. (Photo via Twitter)

A Palestinian man has lost his life and two others sustained injuries after an Israeli settler ran over them in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.

Mu'taz Besharat, an officer in charge of monitoring settlement activities in Tubas district, said a group of Palestinians were hiking on a trail between the villages of Ein al-Beida and Bardala on Friday morning, when the Jewish extremist rammed his car into them, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

The report identified the victim as 52-year-old Bilal Bawatneh from the city of al-Bireh, located 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) north of Jerusalem al-Quds, adding that the injured Palestinians were residents of al-Bireh and Israeli-occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.

Palestinian witnesses said they were shocked to see the speeding vehicle veering off its course, and hitting the three hikers.

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The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its medics arrived at the scene and received Bawatneh’s body. Israeli medics have reportedly evacuated the injured Palestinians to a hospital in the city of Afula.

There have been scores of similar incidents, in which Palestinians have been targeted in different parts of the West Bank. Most of the cases go uninvestigated by Israeli authorities. Some of such events have resulted in fatalities.

On December 14 last year, an Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian woman and her child as they were crossing the main road in Huwara town of the northern West Bank.

Witnesses said Israeli forces showed up and escorted the settler away from the scene.

The injured mother and child were rushed to a nearby hospital.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh denounced on January 21 the rise in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, and described them as organized terrorism.

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He called on the administration of new US President Joe Biden to put an end to the crimes, saying the policies of former president Donald Trump have led to an upsurge in the Tel Aviv regime’s illegal settlements construction and expansion activities as well as settler attacks against Palestinians and their property.

More than 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds. All Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.

According to human rights groups, acts of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property are a daily occurrence throughout the occupied West Bank.

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