Israeli settlers attack Palestinian car near Ramallah, injure 3-year-old child

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian car near Ramallah, injure 3-year-old child

News January 22, 2021
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian car near Ramallah, injure 3-year-old child
Ramallah (QNN)- A Palestinian child was injured on Thursday evening after Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian car near the entrance of Burqa village, northeast of Ramallah city. Ala Sawafta told WAFA that a group of settlers attacked his car as he was driving from Ramallah to Tubas city, smashing the windshield, the front door and back door glass of his car and wounding his three-year-old son, Jad, in his face. [embed]https://twitter.com/lioramihai/status/1352361276400406529?s=19[/embed] Jad was rushed to a hospital in Ramallah to receive the necessary treatment. His condition was described as stable. Israeli settlers violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the occupied West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli occupation authorities. There are over 700,000 Israeli settlers living in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention.

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