HEBRON, May 12, 2007, WAFA)-Jewish colonisers attacked and beaten on Saturday morning a farmer in the West Bank city of south Hebron, local sources said.

They told WAFA that two colonisers, protected by Israeli soldiers, attacked the farmer Mahmoud al-Nawaja' and beaten him up as he was tending his flock near his home, in Yatta village, south Hebron, under a pretext of being tending on natural reserves.

The colonisers of Sussiya colony have recently stepped up their assaults against the residents in the town to seize more lands under flimsy pretexts.

M.H.(11:20 P)(08:20 GMT)