The Judea and Samaria Police on Tuesday evening arrested an Israeli citizen of the northern West Bank who hit four Palestinians with his car and then fleeing the scene.

The hit-and-run occurred at around 8 P.M. on the main West Bank road accessible to both Israelis and Palestinians.

The four Palestinians, among them two pregnant women, were walking along the side of the road.

One of the Palestinians told reporters that a Volkswagon Golf with Israeli plates drove straight at them intentionally and hit them, though they were walking on the far right side of the shoulder.

The driver fled the scene and did not inform rescue forces of the incident. A Palestinian report said that he later called police to turn himself in.

Jack Khoury contributed to this report

