Palestinian boy dies from injuries after being hit by settler car

A Palestinian boy from Hebron died on Monday evening from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run accident on Friday. Farid Jaber, aged 8, was critically injured when a settler car ran him over in the village of al-Baqaa near the army-controlled H2 area of Hebron, Palestinian news agency (Ma''an) reported. Israeli forces summoned an ambulance and evacuated the child to a hospital inside the Kiryat Arba settlement. An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the events. Jaber''s grandfather told Ma''an the incident was deliberate and not a car accident. He said the Israeli army had prevented the Palestinian Red Crescent from attending to the child. Locals said that Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli troops after the incident.