A Palestinian was today injured after he was shot by Israeli settlers near the village of Madama, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to sources.

Settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar shot 40-year-old Mamoun Nassar as he was grazing his livestock near the town, according to TV7 Israel News.

He was injured in the thigh and was later taken to a hospital in Israel for treatment.