An Israeli settlers Thursday night rammed her vehicle into a Palestinian near Bab al-Maghariba Gate in the occupied city of East Jerusalem, according to witnesses.

They said that the female settler sped up and rammed her car into a Palestinian near Bab al-Maghariba, also known as the Dung Gate, before fleeing the scene.

The casualty sustained wounds and bruises across his body. He was rushed to a hospital for urgent treatment.

Attacks involving Israeli settlers ramming their cars into Palestinians are a relatively regular occurrence in the occupied West Bank, and are rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

Israeli police usually treat such attacks as accidents, even in cases when witnesses claim the ramming attacks were deliberate.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency