Zionist settlers set fire to mosque near Nablus, scrawl racist slogans on its walls

NABLUS, March 12 (YPA) – Zionist settlers set fire to the Mohammad Fayyad Mosque in the village of Duma, south of Nablus, early Thursday morning, and scrawled racist slogans on its walls.

Palestinian sources confirmed that residents managed to control the fire before it spread to the entire mosque, limiting the damage to its entrance.

The Ministry of Religious Endowments and Affairs warned of the systematic increase in attempts to burn mosques in the West Bank during the current month of Ramadan. It pointed to the arson attack on the Duma mosque and the racist graffiti on its walls as an act of desecration against Islamic holy sites during the holy month of Ramadan.

The Ministry of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) affirmed in a statement that these repeated and escalating attempts to burn mosques are part of a systematic plan by the occupiers to seize Palestinian land by undermining the security and resilience of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank. The closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque to worshippers and those observing Itikaf during Ramadan is further evidence of this plan.

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