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NABLUS, March 17, 2012 (WAFA) – Ultraorthodox Israeli settlers Saturday assaulted and injured a Palestinian shepherd while grazing his sheep near Madama, a village south of Nablus, according to local sources.

They said a group of settlers from Yitzhar settlement, known to be among the most radical settlements in the West Bank, battered and stoned Mamoun Nassar, 37, while herding sheep in his land adjacent to the settlement.

Nassar has been repeatedly targeted by settlers and was previously hospitalized of severe injuries sustained in one attack.

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