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NABLUS (PIC) 3 July -- A Jewish settler ran down a Palestinian woman with his vehicle near Hawara southeast of Nablus city in northern West Bank, locals have reported. The woman sustained injuries and fractures and was left in a difficult health condition, the sources said. The woman, in her forties, was hit on the main road in Hawara. The driver tried to flee, but villagers there managed to apprehend him. She was transported to Rafidia surgical hospital where she is being treated for injuries affecting all parts of her body.
Three local youths also in Asira village south of the city suffered the effects of breathing tear gas fired at them by Israeli occupation soldiers after local youths emerged to confront settler crimes.
Settlers injured Mohammed Ziad from Madama village south of Nablus causing wounds to his head Sunday evening after burning local farmlands in the village and in nearby villages.