Palestinian child, 4, in critical condition after Israeli settler run him over near Bethlehem

A Palestinian child has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition after an Israeli settler run him over in the village of Kissan, east of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Mousa Ebayat, head of the Kissan village council, told WAFA that an Israeli settler run over a Palestinian child named Jabril Sawarka, 4, and fled the scene.

The 4-year-old was near his father’s house before the extremist settler run him over.

He was taken to the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation, where his condition was reported to be critical.

A number of hit-and-run incidents committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in Kissan were reported.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency