A 17-year-old was moderately injured on Monday evening after being struck by a Palestinian Arab vehicle during a demonstration at the Eli Junction along Highway 60. Security forces have taken the driver into custody.
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit commented on the incident and said, "IDF forces were dispatched a short time ago to the gas station area near Eli in the Samaria Regional Brigade sector. At the location, a gathering of Israeli citizens had assembled, blocking Palestinian vehicles and hurling rocks at them."
The statement added: "Suspicions indicate that as a result of the rock-throwing, a Palestinian vehicle lost control and struck an Israeli citizen, who was evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment. The driver was detained at the scene by Judea and Samaria District Police, and an investigation into the circumstances of the incident is ongoing."
Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics and EMTs, assisted by an IDF medical team, treated the youth at the scene for a head injury before transporting him to Beilinson Hospital.
MDA emergency medical technicians Ezra Pollak and Roey Schmidt recalled: "When we arrived at the scene, there was a great deal of commotion. The teenager was lying on the road with a head injury."
They added, "We provided him with initial medical treatment alongside an IDF medical team and evacuated him in an MDA intensive care ambulance to the hospital in moderate condition."