Elderly Palestinian woman run over by Israeli settler martyred
An Israeli settler runs over an elderly Palestinian woman this morning on the Ramallah-Nablus road, seriously injuring her before she was announced dead.
An elderly Palestinian woman was martyred this morning, Friday, after she was run over by an extremist Israeli settler on the Ramallah-Nablus road, and the perpetrator fled the scene.
Local sources said that the settler deliberately ran over the elderly woman near the town of Sinjil, seriously injuring her before she was announced dead.
The sources announced that the martyr is Ghadeer Anis Masalma, 60, and that the perpetrator fled the scene.
Paramedics and emergency crews, as well as the Israeli occupation forces, arrived at the scene. A Palestinian ambulance transferred the elderly woman who sustained serious injuries was transferred to the hospital, but she was later announced dead after succumbing to her wounds.
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In the past few days, Israeli settlers escalated their attacks on citizens in the occupied West Bank, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.
On Thursday, over 100 Palestinian civilians sustained various injuries after the Israeli occupation used rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas in Burqa, Nablus, during confrontations between Palestinians and the IOF.
On Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced the martyrdom of Muhammad Issa Abbas, 26, who succumbed to his wounds after he was shot in the back by Israeli occupation forces in Al-Amari refugee camp in Ramallah.