Israeli settlers burn 2 Palestinian mosques in West Bank
The attacks, which followed clashes near Tal, prompted Israel to add forces in the area.
Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian villages in the West Bank on Sunday morning, burning two mosques and defacing buildings with Hebrew slogans. One of the mosques set on fire was in Qusra, southeast of Nablus, and had just been completed. Qusra village council chief Abdel Azim Wadi said the assailants wrote a message meaning "Jewish revenge" as well as the name of an Israeli resident killed in clashes near Tal village on Friday. In Kour village, near Tulkarm, three settlers also tried to burn a mosque at dawn, but worshippers put out the fire before it spread to the main building. The Israeli military said troops who arrived in Qusra found graffiti and burn marks, then searched for suspects and sent police to collect evidence. The attacks came two days after clashes around Tal that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers.