Canadian injured in West Bank settler attack says they were beaten, passports were stolen

A Canadian activist injured in a settler attack over the weekend in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank says she and three others were thrown on the ground and beaten by se ttlers before some of their wallets and passports were stolen.

The woman, who is from British Columbia, said she and three other foreigners from Italy had arrived less than a week before the early Sunday morning attack at a home in Ein al-Duyuk, roughly four kilometres north of the West Bank city of Jericho. CBC News has agreed to conceal her identity because she fears being targeted or deported if she is identified.

The attack comes as settler violence in the occupied West Bank has seen a significant surge, with settlers setting fire to a mosque , vehicles and other property in recent weeks. Last week, Isr