Groups of extremist settlers attacked the village of Jaljulia, north of Ramallah, early this Wednesday morning, targeting the Grand Mosque in the town. Local sources reported that settlers infiltrated under the cover of darkness and set fire to the prayer hall, causing flames to engulf large parts of the mosque's interior.
Video clips documented the extent of the damage caused by the fire, showing the mosque's walls completely charred and blackened by the intense flames. Residents of the village, in cooperation with civil defense teams and relevant authorities, managed to control the fire and prevent its spread to neighboring homes, despite the difficulties they faced in reaching the site and securing the necessary firefighting supplies.
The attackers did not stop at burning the mosque; they also scrawled racist and incitement slogans in Hebrew on its exterior walls, a move that reflects the escalating hate speech against Palestinians and their holy sites. Official Palestinian bodies described this attack as a heinous crime that falls within a systematic policy of terrorizing citizens and targeting places of worship in various governorates of the occupied West Bank.
Coinciding with the attack, Israeli occupation forces intensified their military measures around Ramallah, closing the iron gate at the entrance to Rawabi city. This sudden closure restricted the movement of citizens and hindered the arrival of aid, further increasing the field tension in the region amid the recurrence of these attacks under army protection.
This incident comes as part of a series of similar attacks that have recently targeted mosques. Last March saw the burning of the 'Muhammad Fayyad' Mosque in Duma town, preceded by an attack on the 'Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq' Mosque in Nablus. Observers confirm that these attacks follow a recurring pattern aimed at imposing a new reality in the West Bank, amidst the absence of international accountability for settlers and occupation forces.
A group of settlers infiltrated the town of Jaljulia and set fire to the Grand Mosque, causing extensive material damage and charring its walls.
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Settlers set fire to a mosque in Jaljulia village north of Ramallah and spray racist slogans