Hebron: An Israeli colonist attempted to ram his vehicle into several Palestinian children in Masafer Yatta, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to an activist. Osama Makhamra reported that the colonist made two separate attempts, captured in video footage, to run over the children while they were in front of their families' houses in Shi'b al-Butum, a hamlet in Masafer Yatta. The children miraculously survived the attempted attack.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the same colonist attempted to run over two Palestinians on a roadside in Khallet Ad-Dabi' before fleeing the scene. Meanwhile, armed colonists hurled stones at Palestinian dwellings in Huwara, east of Yatta, and attempted to take over a dwelling. The inhabitants successfully repelled them.
Colonists' violence against Palestinians and their property is a routine occurrence in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. Such violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes. Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.