The Palestinian police confirmed, on Saturday evening, that what happened with the convoy of Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh, while he was in the town of Al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, was the result of a traffic accident.

The media spokesman for the police, Colonel Louay Arziqat, said that the accident took place between an illegal vehicle and a vehicle accompanying the Prime Minister's convoy while he was in the town of Al-Dhahiriya.

He pointed out that the accident resulted in material damage, and the illegal vehicle was seized, and accident experts began an investigation.