Two West Bank Mosques Damaged in Arson Attack by Israeli Settlers
Israeli occupiers set fire on Wednesday to parts of the mosques in the villages of Jiljilya and Mazra’a al-Nubani, north of the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, and sprayed Hebrew slogans on their walls.
A group of occupiers stormed Jiljilya at dawn and set fire to its mosque, burning the women’s prayer hall and causing damage to the mosque’s exterior walls, local sources told Anadolu.
The village has recently witnessed an escalation in occupier attacks, they said.
Last month, occupiers attacked the village and stole a flock of sheep.
In a separate development, the occupiers attacked Mazra’a al-Nubani and set fire to a mosque there, causing material damage. They sprayed Hebrew slogans on the walls of the both mosques.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli forces raided the city of Qalqilya in the northern occupied West Bank, carrying out widespread home raids and arrests after sealing off one of the city’s neighborhoods amid heavy military reinforcements, local sources told Anadolu.
During the raid, more than five Palestinians were detained, including a young man arrested after several roads in the city were closed, according to the sources.
On Tuesday evening, two Palestinians, including a journalist, were wounded by Israeli army fire during raids in the West Bank, as occupiers attacked two vehicles near the northern city of Salfit, local sources said.
“Quds News Network correspondent Mutasem Saqf al-Hait was wounded while covering violent clashes that broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli settlers in the village of Deir Abu Mashal, local sources told Anadolu.
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In the town of Al-Mughayyir east of Ramallah, a 15-year-old girl was wounded by a bullet in the shoulder during an Israeli army raid on the town. She was taken to a hospital in Ramallah, where her condition was described as stable, medical sources said.
The occupied West Bank has seen escalating attacks by the Israeli regime’s army and occupiers against Palestinians and their property, including arson, land confiscation and preventing farmers from accessing their land, particularly in areas near settlements and outposts.
Since Oct. 8, 2023, the Israeli escalation in the West Bank has killed 1,169 Palestinians and injured 12,666 others, while around 23,000 have been arrested and 33,000 displaced, according to official Palestinian figures.
Source: Anadolu Agency
