Palestinian driver slightly injures 2 Israeli soldiers

Two Israeli border guards sustained minor injuries Saturday near the northern West Bank village of Burqa in Nablus district after a Palestinian driver hit them and sped away, reported Palestinian Ma'an news agency quoting Israeli sources. The soldiers were standing near a military checkpoint when the Palestinian driver hit them, said the sources adding that the two Israeli soldiers were slightly injured and moved to hospital for treatment. Local eyewitnesses said dozens of Israeli soldiers had been deployed near Burqa-Bizaria crossroads and had begun a wide-scale inspection in the area. They added that several flying checkpoints were erected along the road in the area in order to stop Palestinian vehicles for inspection. Israeli forces maintain severe restrictions on Palestinians' freedom of movement in the West Bank through a complex combination of fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, roads forbidden to Palestinians but open exclusively to Jewish settlers, and various other physical obstructions.