“Israeli” Settler’s Vehicle Rams Child in Bethlehem

Local Editor

A Palestinian child was seriously injured after being hit by a settlers' vehicle as she was walking home from school in Tiqoua' village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, medical sources reported.
The child, according to the source, was identified as Hayat Mohammad Suleiman, 8 years old. She was walking back home from school on the main road that is also used by "Israeli" settlers living in illegal "Israeli" settlements in the area.
The sources added that an "Israeli" ambulance arrived at the scene and moved the child to Hadassah "Israeli" Hospital in al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Earlier last month, an "Israeli" settler driving in Jaber Neighborhood, in the southern West Bank of Hebron, hit a Palestinian child then drove off in what appears to be a ramming attack, medical sources reported. In July 2012, the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) reported that " vigilante" settler groups are steeping up violence against Palestinians, emboldened by the lack of punitive measures against the attacks.
Settler violence towards Palestinians in the West Bank hiked from 168 attacks in 2009 to 411 in 2011.

Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org