Israeli settlers attempt to torch mosque with worshippers inside in West Bank

A Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank says Israeli settlers have launched a violent raid on the village of Aqraba, southeast of Nablus, destroying property and attempting to set fire to a mosque while it was still occupied by worshippers.

Ihab Hassan said settlers torched a Palestinian-owned vehicle and “attempted to burn a mosque with worshippers still inside” in what he condemned as an “apparent attempt to burn them alive”.