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Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank

A person stands at a damaged mosque, which according to Palestinians, was burned by Israeli settlers, near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank [Reuters]

Israeli settlers have set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, while also defacing the building’s facade with hateful and racist slogans such as “Revenge” and “Death to Arabs” spray-painted in Hebrew.

Abdallah Kamil, the governor of Salfit, said on Friday that the attack targeted the Bar al-Walidain mosque in the village of Marda, in the latest incident of settler violence.

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