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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- An Israeli settler on Wednesday ran over a Palestinian child in Hebron's Old City, medics said.

Red Crescent official Nasser Qabaja told Ma'an the girl was taken to an Israeli hospital by an Israeli ambulance at the request of her parents.

Qabaja said she was moderately injured.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said Israeli forces had evacuated the girl and that the matter was in the hands of the Israeli police.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces detained 23-year-old Mutaz Khalil at the entrance to Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron, local official Muhammad Awad said.


4-year-old dies after hit by car near Hebron
24/08/2012
HEBRON (Ma’an) -- A four-year-old girl died on Friday morning after she was hit by a car near Hebron, police said.

Shahid Jalal Sweiti was rushed to intensive care after the vehicle crashed into her in Beit Awwa, west of Hebron, but he later died of her injuries, police said in a statement.

Police investigations found that the driver does not have a driving license, and was driving an illegal car.

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