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Baby lightly hurt by stones in West Bank
Stones hurled at vehicle traveling Nablus bypass road wounds woman, her two-month old daughter
A 45-year-old woman and her two-month-old baby girl were lightly injured Thursday afternoon by stones hurled at vehicles traveling on the Nablus bypass road in the West Bank. Another girl who was in the car was unharmed.
The woman and her two daughters were traveling in an unshielded vehicle on the Nablus bypass road. The baby was sitting in a safety chair in the front seat, near the driver, and her four-year-old was sitting in the back seat, belted.
When the car reached a junction near Hawara, a large stone was hurled at the vehicle, hitting the windshield on the baby's side. The window was smashed and the baby was lightly injured by shrapnel. The mother suffered from light wounds to her head.
Magen David Adom crews were evacuated to the scene and tended to the passengers. The mother was evacuated to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva and the baby was evacuated to the Schneider Children's Medical Center in the city.
The woman was released from the hospital after undergoing a series of medical tests and asked to stay next to her daughter.
