Occupied Jerusalem, ALRAY - Israeli colonial settlers attacked Wednesday a Palestinian home in Kisan village in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, injuring an elderly man and his son.

Ahmad Ghazal, member of the Kisan village council, said that a group of Israeli colonial settlers attacked the home of Ali Abiyat and violently beat up the 70-year-old man, along with his son, Jihad.

The father and his son suffered cuts and bruises and were rushed to a local hospital for medical assistance, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Israeli colonial settlers and militia have recently escalated their attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.