By AREF TUFAHA and JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press

DEIR ISTIYA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance a day after some Israeli leaders condemned a recent attack by settlers against Palestinians.

Damaged windows and walls of a mosque that was torched and defaced by Israeli settlers overnight, in the West Bank town of Deir Istiya Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A video journalist works by a burnt indoor section of a mosque that was torched and defaced by Israeli settlers overnight, in the West Bank town of Deir Istiya Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A boy inspects burnt copies of Quran inside a mosque that was torche

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