Photos from Qusra showed Palestinians praying inside a burned mosque after Israeli settlers attacked it early Sunday, with Hebrew graffiti reading “Revenge Benayahu.”
The arson followed a deadly clash in the West Bank village of Tell that left four Palestinians and one Israeli dead; the graffiti referred to the Israeli settler killed there.
Gaza was hit by continued Israeli strikes as residents mourned the dead and the humanitarian crisis persisted despite a fragile ceasefire.
The mosque attacks fit a wider surge in settler violence: earlier reports said two mosques were torched Sunday, after about 30 settler attacks since Friday.
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