A Palestinian elderly woman was proclaimed dead after she succumbed to serious injuries she sustained on Wednesday morning when a Jewish settler rammed his car into her on a road in southern al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources a settler driving at high speed ran over the woman and injured her seriously in Muthalat as-Simya area near as-Samu town south of al-Khalil.
The victim was rushed to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba where she was pronounced dead.
She was identified as 73-year-old Shafiqa Mohamed Abu Aqeel.
