JERUSALEM: Palestinians in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank held weekly community prayers after clearing insulting graffiti, broken glass, and burn marks from a mosque they say was targeted by Jewish settlers amid a spike in attacks.
Villagers in Deir Istiya who cleaned up the mosque said that settlers had smashed windows, sprayed slogans, and tried to torch the building in an assault on Wednesday night.
Reuters video of the mosque showed the graffiti as well as shattered glass, charred internal walls and furniture.
A Palestinian cleans a burned window in a mosque following an attack that local Palestinians said was carried out by Israeli settlers, in the village of Deir Istiya near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 14, 2025. (REUTERS)
Israel’s military said security forces had arrived at the mosque after hearing reports of the attack but had not identified or arrested any suspects.
