An-Najah News - A passenger bus Wednesday early morning ran over a group of Palestinian workers after they passed through a checkpoint, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, killing two workers, according to Palestinian security sources

The sources said that at least two Palestinian workers, aged 29 and 30, were killed and five others were injured when a passenger bus ran over them at the Israeli occupation checkpoint, which separates the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

Witnesses said that as workers were gathering to be picked up to their workplaces, a speeding bus lost control and ran over them. 

The casualties were rushed to a Hadassa Hospital in Jerusalem, where medics described their injuries as moderate to serious.

Thousands of Palestinian workers queue before dawn each day to pass through Israeli occupation checkpoint.

Israeli severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement through a complex combination of approximately 100 fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, settler-only roads and various other physical obstructions.