Israeli settlers injured five Palestinian workers in two separate hit-and-run incidents near Bethlehem on Tuesday, Wafa news agency reported, citing Palestinian security sources.
A settler drove into four workers from Nahalin near the village of Wadi Fukin as they tried to reach their workplaces in Jerusalem, the sources said. The men, Abdullah Abu Diya, Majdi al-Najjar, Muhammad Fanoun and Mohammad Shakarna, suffered bruises and cuts.
In a separate incident, a settler ran over a fifth worker, Ali Rizq Ali Yassin, after Israeli police shot and wounded him in the leg, the sources added.
Israeli forces also detained five other Palestinian workers from the nearby village of Husan, the sources said.