At least four Palestinians have been injured in an attack by illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, in the town of al-Auja, near Jericho, in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports quoting the Wafa news agency.

The report said the victims were on a picnic at a spring in al-Auja on the third day of Eidul Fitr when they were physically assaulted and pepper sprayed by settlers who had a herd of sheep grazing in the area.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) was cited by Wafa as saying that its crews in Jericho responded to a young man injured in a physical assault by settlers in the al-Auja spring area.

The report said the man was then transferred to the hospital, noting that the army was refusing to hand over the rest of the injured people to the PRCS crews.