TELL, West Bank: Israeli settlers vandalized a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Monday, spray-painting offensive phrases and setting a fire, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Religious Affairs Ministry. Worshippers coming for the first prayers of the day found the damage and a still smoldering fire, which spewed black smoke across the entrance of the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in the town of Tell, near Nablus, and stained the ornate doorway. “I was shocked when I opened the door,” said Munir Ramdan, who lives near the mosque.

Israeli settlers attempted to torch a mosque in the West Bank, prompting condemnation from local officials and increasing tensions.

TELL, West Bank: Israeli settlers vandalized a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Monday, spray-painting offensive phrases and setting a fire, according to the…

Attack on Nablus-area mosque is latest in surge of Israeli settler and military violence targeting Palestinians.

LONDON: The Arab League condemned on Tuesday the burning of a Palestinian mosque by Israeli settlers during an attack on the village of Tell near Nablus, north of the occupied…