At dawn on Monday, settlers assaulted a citizen by beating him and spraying him with pepper gas during their storming of the eastern area of the city of Nablus.

According to local sources, the settlers stormed the eastern area of the city, tried to enter Joseph's Tomb, then stormed the Qadri Tuqan School in the area and destroyed one of its gates.

The sources indicated that the settlers fled towards the road linking the town of Al-Badhan and Nablus, and severely beat a citizen and sprayed him with pepper gas.