The Palestinian Authority retracts an earlier statement that Nablus resident Amar Hijazi was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this morning, saying instead that he is severely injured and in a hospital in Israel.
Israel Police say traffic officers were alerted that a car was speeding down Route 60, a central West Bank artery. Officers who arrived on the scene ordered the driver to stop, and when one officer approached the car, the driver accelerated toward him, police say. The officer fired at the car, and the driver, trying to flee, crashed into a concrete roadblock, according to police.
The PA’s General Authority for Civilian Affairs says Hijazi, 34, is not dead but rather hospitalized in “very critical” condition at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital. The agency says its latest statement comes after Israel withdrew information previously conveyed to the PA that Hijazi had been killed.
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