West Bank Tensions Surge: Mosque Arson Attack and Rising Violence Highlight Escalating Crisis

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00:00This report covers the latest escalation of violence in the occupied West Bank.

00:05An arson attack targeted the Hajah Hamidah Mosque in the Palestinian village of Daristiyah.

00:10After Israeli settlers set parts of the building on fire,

00:14anti-Palestinian slogans were left on the walls,

00:17and several copies of the Quran were burned in the blaze.

00:20The Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments condemned the attack as a serious assault on a

00:26place of worship and called for international protection of religious sites.

00:31In a separate incident, two Palestinian children were killed during an Israeli military raid in

00:36the town of Beit Umar near Hebron. These events come amid what the United Nations describes as

00:42a record surge in settler-related violence this year, especially during the 2025 olive harvest,

00:48with dozens of injuries and thousands of trees damaged.

00:51International bodies continue urging all sides to prevent further escalation.

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