Jewish fanatic settlers Saturday evening assaulted a Palestinian farmer while working in his land in Burqah town northwest of Nablus city.
Witnesses told the PIC reporter that about 30 settlers from Homesh settlement attacked the farmer before sunset. He was transferred to hospital after the incident.
The witnesses elaborated that the attacking settlers kept throwing stones at him from a close distance until a group of Palestinian youths rushed to the scene and confronted settlers after they had heard his screaming.
Sami Daghlas Head of the village’s council said that the settlers’ attacks are frequently repeated in the area under the protection of Israeli forces every now and then. Settlers provocatively raid the town on a semi daily basis he pointed out.
