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Settlers torch mosque and car in West Bank village of Mukhmas
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque, an olive tree and a car in Mukhmas, a village northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.
Hilal Times Editorial DeskUpdated:
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the village of Mukhmas, northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, early on Oct. 14, the Palestinian Jerusalem Governorate said. Settlers entered the village after midnight, torched the mosque and a nearby olive tree and burned a car, it said.
Footage from the scene shows fire damage to the mosque’s entrance and windows, along with Hebrew graffiti on its walls. No injuries were reported, and there was no immediate comment from the Israeli military or police.
Muhammad Kanaan, a member of the Mukhmas village council, said the attack took place at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday and that the settlers scrawled racist slogans on the walls. The fire damaged the mosque's entrance, its door and parts of its outer facade. Residents called on firefighters to put out the blaze, while Israeli army forces arrived at the scene in the morning and inspected the site.
A string of attacks
The day before, two settlers chased a shepherd on the outskirts of Mukhmas and tried to steal sheep belonging to villagers, according to the governorate.
Palestinian sources also reported settler attacks overnight elsewhere in the West Bank, including the blocking of a road to the Yarza community in the northern Jordan Valley, a raid into the town of Dura south of Hebron and attacks on homes in Masafer Yatta.
The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said it has documented 136 attacks linked to the olive harvest season since the beginning of October. According to the commission, attacks by the Israeli army and settlers included beatings, shootings, detentions, the theft of olives and harvesting equipment, and the destruction of trees.
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