Hebron: A 60-year-old Palestinian man was injured Monday after being assaulted by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, local sources said. The illegal settlers attacked the elderly man with clubs and stones in the village of Al-Minya, south of Hebron, according to Ziyad Kawazbeh, the council head of the village.

According to Anadolu Agency, Kawazbeh reported that the Palestinian man was hospitalized with a broken jaw and a fractured hand as a result of the assault. He also mentioned that the village of Al-Minya has recently experienced a series of attacks by extremist settlers, which included the establishment of an illegal settlement outpost in close proximity to residential areas.

Earlier on Monday, illegal settlers reportedly uprooted hundreds of olive saplings in the village, intensifying the tension in the area. Palestinian figures indicate that there are approximately 770,000 illegal settlers residing in 180 illegal settlements and 256 illegal outposts throughout the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian authorities have documented at least 2,153 illegal settler attacks in the occupied territory during the first half of this year, resulting in the deaths of four Palestinians. Since the onset of Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip, at least 998 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank by Israeli forces and illegal settlers, as reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry.

In a significant ruling last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.