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HEBRON (Ma’an) -- A four-year-old Palestinian child was injured Thursday evening after being hit by an Israeli settler’s vehicle near in Hebron city, near the illegal Israeli Kiryat Arba settlement in the southern occupied West Bank.

Locals told Ma’an that 4 year-old Ahmad Mithqal al-Jabari was hit by an Israeli settler’s vehicle while playing in the al-Ras area of the city.

Sources said that al-Jabari sustained injuries and bruises on his head and was transferred to the Hebron governmental hospital for treatment.
An Israeli police spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.

Incidents involving Israeli settlers hitting Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory are a relatively regular occurrence, and are usually treated by Israeli security forces as accidents, even in cases when witnesses claim the car rammings were deliberate.

Many Palestinian activists and rights groups have accused Israel of fostering a “culture of impunity” for Israeli settlers and soldiers committing violent acts against Palestinians.

Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law, with announcements of settlement expansion earlier this year sparking condemnation from the international community.

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), there were a total of 107 reported settler attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem in 2016.