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NABLUS, (PIC)-- Dozens of Jewish settlers under military protection savagely attacked Saturday morning Salem village east of Nablus city and assaulted its Palestinian farmers.

Eyewitnesses said that settlers from Elon Moreh and Gideon settlements opened fire at the village's farmers and attempted to steal herds of cattle from them.

They added that a large group of the village's young men rushed to the area and bravely fended off the settlers who retreated amid the protection of Israeli soldiers.

Dozens of Palestinian young men are still guarding their village's borders while the fleeing settlers are standing along a bypass around the village in an attempt to launch another attack.