Four Palestinians wounded in West Bank hit-and-run
Police find no evidence it was a revenge attack for recent spate of Palestinian car-ramming attacks in Jerusalem
Four Palestinian pedestrians were hurt Tuesday evening when a car plowed into a group walking by the side of the road near the entrance to the West Bank village of Nabi Elias, east of Qalqilya.
The vehicle continued traveling east on Road 55 toward the village of Azun.
Police said they are treating the incident as a hit-and-run offense.
Initial reports speculated the incident may have been a retaliatory attack by Jews over a spate of recent deadly Palestinian car-ramming terror attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, but investigators say no evidence has yet been found that the accident was a deliberate attack.
Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances evacuated the wounded to a local hospital.
Israel Police forces are searching the area for the vehicle, aided by IDF troops.