Hawzah News Agency- One wall and at least three copies of the Quran and some of the carpeting at the mosque in the Palestinian town of Deir Istiya had been torched when an Associated Press reporter visited Thursday.
On one side of the mosque settlers had daubed graffiti, including “we are not afraid'', and “keep on condemning''.
Settler violence has been steadily mounting for decades, and the mosque in Deir Istiya had previously come under attack by settlers.
Palestinians say the goal of the violence is to push them off their lands. OCHA said that 3,535 Palestinians have been displaced by settler violence or access restrictions since 2023, a major upswing from previous years.
Source: AP NEWS
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