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Palestinian media reports settlers tried to burn West Bank mosque with worshipers inside
Settlers attempted to set fire to a mosque in the West Bank village of Burqa while worshipers were inside on Sunday night, Palestinian media outlets reported.
The Palestinian Authority’s Wafa news agency reported that settlers initially set fire to a vehicle parked near the mosque, in the Ramallah area, before turning their attention to the house of worship itself.
The head of the Burqa village council told the news agency that the settlers broke down the doors of the mosque and set fire to the entrance before fleeing the scene.
The council head added that worshippers inside the building managed to extinguish the fire before it could spread further.
Footage from the incident appeared to show extensive damage to the mosque, but there were no reports of injuries as a result of the attack.
The incident came after a separate arson attack was reported in the nearby town of Deir Dibwan, where settlers were said to have set fire to two vehicles and damaged several others. The burned vehicles were “completely destroyed” by the fire, Wafa reported.
Settlers were also reported to have set fire to agricultural land surrounding the town.
BREAKING: Israeli settlers attacked the village of Burqa in the West Bank, setting vehicles on fire and attempting to burn a mosque by throwing Molotov cocktails at it. pic.twitter.com/zsLk3J9JkR
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The PA Foreign Ministry condemned both incidents in a statement on Sunday night, urging the United Nations and international community to implement “immediate and concrete measures” against unchecked Israeli settler violence.
Critics have accused the Israeli government and law enforcement of turning a blind eye to violent attacks by settler extremists, which have become increasingly deadly in recent years and have surged, occurring on a near-daily basis. Arrests are rare, and prosecutions are even less common.
