A veiled man, believed to be an Israeli, stabbed a Palestinian worker in a West Bank settlement near Hebron City Monday, Palestinian medics and security sources said.

Israeli media also reported the incident, saying the Palestinian was stabbed in the chest several times.

Palestinian doctors said the 25-year-old worker was moderately injured.

Israel's Ynet news website said that the Palestinian man insisted on being taken to a Palestinian hospital. Israeli police deployed heavily near Havat Ma'on settlement and were investigating the incident, according to Ynet.

On Thursday, Jewish settlers attacked two Palestinian construction workers in Shiloh settlement near Ramallah city. The two were taken to a Palestinian hospital, sustaining moderate wounds.

Attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian residents of the West Bank have increased since the murdering of five settlers, all from one family, by unknown assailants in a settlement near Nablus city on March 12.

About half a million Israeli settlers live in 120 settlements in the West Bank, which was occupied by Israel in 1967. The Palestinian population is estimated at 2.5 million.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army arrested two Palestinians near Bethlehem, saying they were wanted. Such raids happen on a daily basis.