Victim of West Bank hit-and-run succumbs to wounds

The Israeli man who was critically injured in a suspected hit-and-run terror attack at the Alon Junction died of his wounds Tuesday evening.

Sixty-eight-year-old Avi Ben Zion was being treated at Beilinson Hospital, where he died from severe head injuries he sustained during the incident on Monday.

Investigators are unsure if the event was an attempted robbery or a terror attack, and said that both possibilities were being investigated.

Ben Zion’s daughter Revital told Channel 10 News Tuesday she believed the incident was a terrorist attack. She claimed that if her father was being robbed, he would have calmly handed over his vehicle and wallet to the thieves, leaving the perpetrators with no reason to attack him.

“We aren’t experts, but the nature of his injuries looks as if he was hit with a blunt object. Anyone just trying to steal a car would not leave someone in critical condition,” she said in the interview.

Shortly after his death, Beilinson Hospital announced that the family intended to donate Ben Zion’s organs.

Overnight Monday, three suspects were apprehended in the town of Kfar Qabalan, near Nablus, and were handed over to the Shin Bet security services for questioning on suspicion of involvement in the incident.

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There has been a series of terror-related hit-and-run incidents in Jerusalem and the West Bank carried out by Palestinians over recent months — five Israelis have been killed and over a dozen more have been injured.