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Israeli settlers attempted to acceptable occurrence to a mosque successful the occupied West Bank colony of Tell aboriginal Monday (February 23, 2026), the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Religious Affairs said.
"The Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs condemned the effort by a radical of settlers to acceptable occurrence to a portion of the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque successful the colony of Tell, adjacent Nablus, and the penning of racist slogans connected its walls", the Ministry said successful a statement.
The Ministry noted an summation successful attacks connected mosques successful the West Bank, totalling 45 successful 2025. "The burning of portion of the mosque intelligibly demonstrates the barbarity reached by the Israeli racist incitement instrumentality toward Islamic and Christian beatified sites successful Palestine", the Ministry said.
An AFP writer connected the crushed reported burnt carpets, breached beforehand doors, walls, and windows blackened by fire. However, determination was nary structural harm arsenic the occurrence did not drawback and dispersed passim the full building.
Israel's subject said successful a connection to AFP that service and constabulary forces "were dispatched to the country of Tell pursuing a study and footage that was received aft the information regarding suspects who acceptable occurrence to a mosque and sprayed graffiti."
"No injuries were reported", and the forces are searching for the suspects, the connection added. Ghassan Daghlas, politician of the Nablus portion which includes Tell, condemned the onslaught successful a video posted connected societal media.
"They burned the mosque, and we are the ones rebuilding it. This is our onshore — the onshore of Palestine", helium said, a plot hose successful manus to lavation disconnected debris astatine the site.
Excluding Israeli-annexed eastbound Jerusalem, much than 500,000 Israelis unrecorded successful West Bank settlements and outposts, which are amerciable nether planetary law. Around 3 cardinal Palestinians unrecorded successful the territory, which Israel has occupied since 1967.
While astir Israeli settlers bash not prosecute successful violence, a tiny but militant fringe has been linked to attacks connected Palestinians. The existent Israeli government, considered 1 of the astir right-wing successful the country's history, has fast-tracked colony enlargement and recognised immoderate outposts.
