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Two Palestinians were injured on Sunday when an Israeli settler ran over them with her vehicle in the occupied West Bank, according to local residents.
The two were run over by the settler near the Karnei Shomron settlement east of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, the residents said.
It remains unclear whether the attack was intentional.
There was no comment from Israeli or Palestinian authorities on the attack.
On Friday, a Palestinian woman was martyred when the vehicle she was traveling in was pelted with stones by Jewish settlers as it was passing through the city of Nablus.
According to Palestinian figures, more than 700,000 Jewish settlers now live in 196 settlements (built with the Israeli government’s approval) and more than 200 settler outposts (built without its approval) across the occupied West Bank.
International law views the West Bank and East Jerusalem as “occupied territories” and considers all Jewish settlement-building activity there as illegal.
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said Saturday anti-occupation protests along border of the Gaza Strip will not stop until Israel’s 12-year blockade is lifted.“The Return Marches will not accept partial solutions,” Haniyeh said in statements following the funeral prayer for a Palestinian youth killed by Israeli army fire near Gaza border on Friday.“The rallies will accept nothing but a complete lifting of the blockade on the Gaza Strip,” he said.At least seven Palestinians were martyred and scores injured by Israeli army fire on Friday during protests against the crippling siege imposed by Israel on Gaza since 2007.Hamas eyes truce with Israel in return for end of siegeIsrael releases former Hamas MPThe death toll brought to more than 200 Palestinians martyred and thousands more injured by the Israeli army since the protests began in late March.“Gaza is fighting to undermine the so-called 'deal of the century'," he said, referring to a backchannel U.S. plan to reach a peace settlement between the Palestinians and Israel.Protesters demand the “right of return” to their homes and villages in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.They also demand an end to Israel’s 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly two million inhabitants of many basic commodities.More trucks laden with Qatari fuel enter blockaded GazaPalestinian man dies in Israeli jailHamas eyes truce with Israel in return for end of siege198 martyred by Israel since Gaza protests began
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Israeli forces on Saturday detained the parents of a suspected Palestinian shooter, who allegedly killed two Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank last week, according to local residents.An Israeli military force raided Shawbka neighborhood in the city of Tulkarem and arrested Waleed Naalwa and Wafaa Mahdawi from their home, the residents said.The uncle of the suspected shooter was also arrested from his home in the same area, according to the same source.Canada pledges $62M aid for PalestiniansThere was no comment from the Israeli military on the arrests.On Sunday, two Israelis were killed and another was injured in a shooting attack in an industrial area near the settlement of Barkan in the central West Bank. Israeli authorities accuse Ashraf Naalwa of carrying out the attack and have launched a massive manhunt to arrest him.UN peace envoy ‘no longer acceptable’ to PLOGaza Health Ministry warns of Israel's 'lethal' attacks
Israel arrests parents of suspected Palestinian shooter