By Kaamil Ahmed
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian teen was injured Thursday when he was run over by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
Alaa Rajabi, 17, was hit near the Ibrahimi Mosque, a focal point for tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers who live near the center of Hebron’s historic Old City.
Rajabi was taken to al-Ahli Hospital, where an employee said he was being treated for a broken leg.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the settler ran away from the scene while the boy was being attended to.
The attack took place near the Ibrahimi mosque in central Hebron, an area known for numerous violent attacks against Palestinian civilians by Israeli settlers.
According to the local news agency Ma’an, photojournalist Raed Abu Irmeileh witnessed the incident. He told reporters that the settler vehicle rammed the teen head-on, then sped away from the scene.
[Photo: Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in common in Hebron. For example, Jewish settlers seize Palestinian properties in Hebron on 22 January, 2016. Photographer: Wisam Hashlamoun/AA]
