A citizen was injured in an attack by settlers south of Nablus.

A Palestinian citizen was injured in the head on Wednesday after settlers threw stones at him in the village of Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus.

According to security sources, a number of settlers attacked the village and threw stones at a number of residents, resulting in one of them sustaining a head injury.

Earlier today, settlers had set fire to lands in the village and prevented civil defense crews from reaching the blaze to extinguish it.