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The mosque was torched and defaced with Hebrew graffiti amid a surge in settler violence, with over 700 attacks documented in 2025, according to Israeli military data.
- Israeli settlers overnight torched and defaced a mosque in Deir Istiya, burning one wall, at least three copies of the Quran and some carpeting, an AP reporter observed Thursday.
- Amid the olive-harvest season, long-running settler aggression has intensified as attacks have risen in recent weeks and Gen. Avi Bluth issued a rare denunciation Wednesday.
- Soldiers from Israel's military were present while masked Israeli settlers set vehicles ablaze and clashed with troops Tuesday in Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, West Bank villages.
- Top officials urged decisive action Wednesday, with President Isaac Herzog calling the violence shocking and crossing a red line, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned of spillover risks.
- October saw a record high in settler attacks, according to the United Nations humanitarian office, while Palestinians and human rights workers accuse the army and police of failing to halt assaults amid far-right influence from Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, and Itamar Ben-Gvir, Cabinet minister.
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Israeli settlers torch mosque, scrawl graffiti
DEIR ISTIYA, West Bank — Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance, a day after some Israeli leaders condemned a recent attack…
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