Israeli settlers Tuesday assaulted Palestinian shepherds to the east of Yatta town, in the south of the West Bank, according to a local activist.

Coordinator of the Protection Committees in Masafer Yatta and Southern Hebron Fuad al-Amur told SAFA that Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli police, attacked Palestinian shepherds while herding their sheep.

"The Israeli police were protecting the settlers while they were attacking the shepherds, and prevented citizens from going into the pastures until the issue of the Civil Administration’s decision," said al-Amur.

Settlers' violence, including property arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on homes, and many others committed against Palestinians is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

There are more than 800,000 Israeli settlers living in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.