Israeli settlers storm village near Nablus, try to set mosque on fire: Report
Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank, Ihab Hassan, reports that Israeli settlers have stormed the village of Aqraba, southeast of Nablus, and carried out attacks on Palestinian-owned property.
Hassan said the settlers set a Palestinian-owned vehicle on fire and “attempted to burn a mosque with worshippers still inside” in what he described as an “apparent attempt to burn them alive”.
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Israeli army demolishes Palestinian home in West Bank raid
Israeli forces have destroyed a house in Baqat al-Hatab during an overnight raid in the Palestinian village south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
It destroyed the house that belonged to Sultan al-Jani, a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli security guard with a hammer during an attack on an industrial park near the illegal settlement of Kedumim in August 2024.
Israeli forces also detonated an explosive device during an ongoing raid in Bal’a, east of Tulkarem. Israeli infantry forces have also stormed the Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
Dozens of Palestinians detained in occupied West Bank
Wafa, citing the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), says that Israeli forces detained 25 Palestinians from various areas of the occupied West Bank last night.
The PPS said that this included a number of prisoners released as part of the recent prisoner-captive exchange deal.
From October 2023 to April 2025, the number of Palestinian political prisoners doubled, rising from 5,250 to nearly 10,000.
According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, since 1967, Israeli forces have detained an estimated one million Palestinians, or approximately 20 percent of the Palestinian population.
Statistically, this means one out of every five Palestinians has been imprisoned at some point in their life.
Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Dozens of Israeli settlers have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site, in occupied East Jerusalem under the protection of Israeli police.
Wafa news agency also reports that a settler attacked a shrine located in the Maaman Allah Cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem.
