OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it is "aware of a Canadian citizen injured in the West Bank" and is providing consular help after an incident this past weekend reportedly involving Israeli settlers.

A local organization called Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine says settlers attacked one Canadian and three Italians who were taking part in programs to protect Palestinians from settler violence.

The attack appears to have happened in the early hours of Sunday near Jericho and the organization says it involved the four activists being kicked and punched.

The group says the settlers also destroyed solar panels and stole sheep, echoing numerous other attacks that have become much more frequent and violent over the past two years.

Global Affairs Canada says it "strongly condemns th

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