Hani 'Amriyah, merchant

I work for a goods and commodities distributor in 'Ajja. Yesterday, 3 March 2008, I was riding in a company car, a white Volkswagen, which Muhammad M'ali, 25, was driving. We were heading toward 'Ajja from Ramallah. Around 8:15 P.M., we passed the entrance to the settlement Yitzhar. Four or five settlers were throwing stones at us. Two of the stones hit Muhammad. A third stone hit the windshield on my side but bounced off. Muhammad's face started bleeding and the car veered right and left. I held the steering wheel to keep us going straight, and Muhammad stepped on the gas pedal. When we got about a kilometer and a half from where the settlers were, I stopped the car because Muhammad had lost consciousness.

I tried to stop two passing army vehicles, but they kept going. Finally, I stood in the middle of the road, lifted my hands up, and an army jeep stopped. I told the soldiers what happened and asked them to get an ambulance. Four soldiers got out and helped me remove Muhammad from the car and put him on the ground. One of the soldiers brought a kit and took out some cotton and a bandage and bandaged the wound to his forehead. The soldiers called the police and after about ten minutes, two patrol cars arrived. When an ambulance didn't arrive, I called Red Crescent headquarters in Nablus. The ambulance arrived within about fifteen minutes. I told the policemen that settlers at the entrance to Yitzhar had thrown stones at us, hitting Muhammad. The policemen took pictures of the car, the broken windshield, and Muhammad lying on the ground unconscious. Then the ambulance evacuated him.

I called a friend of mine in Huwara, told him what happened, and asked him to help me with the car, because I couldn't drive. A few minutes later, he came and drove me to his house. I stayed there until the next morning.

During the night, I called Rafidyah Hospital a few times to ask how Muhammad was doing. They said his condition was stable but that he required monitoring because he had a fractured skull. When I learned that he had regained consciousness, I breathed a sigh of relief. I went to see him in the morning

Hani Yusef Taher 'Amriyah, 48, a resident of 'Ajja, Jenin District, is married and has seven children. He gave the testimony to Salma Deba'i at Rafidyah Hospital on 4 March 2008.