Settler rams 8-year-old Palestinian boy with car

A Palestinian child was hospitalised after being deliberately hit by an Israeli settler driving in the town of Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank today, witnesses said.

Eight-year-old Laith Yousif Shatat is being treated at Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron city for a head injury after being hit by the car while standing outside of his school.

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.

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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.