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Publish date14 Nov 2025 - 21:00
Story Code : 698663

Hamas condemns settler burning of Salfit Mosque as ‘heinous crime’

In a statement published on its Telegram channel on Thursday, the movement condemned the arson attack on the Hajja Hamida Mosque, located between Kafr Haris and Deir Istiya, calling it a “heinous crime” and “a blatant assault on the feelings of Muslims and their freedom of worship.”
Hamas condemns settler burning of Salfit Mosque as ‘heinous crime’
Hamas added that the escalating violence by settlers “is carried out with the full backing of the fascist occupation government,” aimed at imposing new realities on the ground and altering the historical and demographic character of the occupied territories.
The group called for urgent international action to restrain Israel, saying the pattern of attacks “violates all international laws, norms, and divine legislation.”
Earlier on Thursday, settlers stormed Deir Istiya at dawn, set fire to parts of the mosque, and spray-painted racist Hebrew slogans on its walls, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency. Residents succeeded in extinguishing the fire, though parts of the mosque sustained damage.
The incident is the latest in a series of assaults on Islamic holy sites this year. Palestinian rights groups have documented dozens of attacks involving mosque arson, vandalism, Quran desecration, and graffiti calling for the killing or expulsion of Palestinians.
According to the Palestinian Authority’s Commission Against the Wall and Settlements, settlers have carried out 7,154 attacks across the West Bank during the two years of the Gaza war, causing 33 Palestinian deaths and the displacement of 33 communities. Joint attacks by the Israeli army and settlers have killed at least 1,070 Palestinians, injured about 10,700, and led to the arrest of more than 20,500 others.
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