An Israeli settler car hit on Tuesday two Palestinian women on a road outside the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

An Israeli settler car hit on Tuesday two Palestinian women on a road outside the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

The two women, Ahlam Bilal Hamad, 19, and her sister Saja, 18, were taken to Rafidia hospital, where they told reporters that they were hit by the car as they were crossing the road of Huwwara village, south Nablus.The car sped away without stopping, they said.

"A settler car driving very fast on the road between Nablus and Ramallah ran us over while we were crossing the street, and then it hit another Palestinian car," said Saja Bilal Jumaa, 19, who was hospitalised with her sister Ahlam.
Saja was admitted with fractures to her pelvis and shoulder, while her sister suffered light injuries, medics at the hospital said.

Both women are from the village of Kufr Qadum, east of Qalqilya, and were on their way to the nursing school near Nablus where both are students there.

The women said both Israeli police and military personnel arrived at the scene, but the Israeli army said it had no information on the incident and a police spokesman said he was checking into details of the report.