Israeli settler shoots injures 6 year old Palestinian

Qalqilya: An Israeli settler shot and critically injured a 6-year-old Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya witnesses said.

Yousef Bayan al-Tabib was standing on the side of the road when the settler reportedly stopped their car shot the child in the stomach and fled the scene Ma'an News Agency reported.

The child from the small Palestinian village of Izbeit at-Tabib was taken to a hospital in Qalqilya for treatment.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that the army had received reports of the attack and that Israeli forces had arrived on scene and were "investigating any indication that the attack happened."

The occupied West Bank was rocked by settler attacks on Palestinians and their property on Thursday night and Friday after a fatal shooting attack was carried out by alleged Palestinian gunmen.

The attack left Israeli settlers Eitam and Naama Henkin dead in their car as they were driving in the Nablus area of the northern West Bank.

Hundreds of additional Israeli troops were deployed following the attack and seven Palestinians were detained in Israeli raids in Nablus at dawn on Saturday.

QNA