JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinians in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank held weekly communal prayers on Friday after clearing insulting graffiti, broken glass and burn marks from a mosque they say was targeted by Jewish settlers amid a spike in attacks.

Villagers in Deir Istiya who cleaned up the mosque told Reuters that settlers had smashed windows, sprayed slogans insulting Islam’s Prophet Mohammed and tried to torch the building in an assault on Wednesday night.

Reuters video of the mosque on Thursday showed the graffiti as well as shattered glass, charred internal walls and furniture, and a burnt Koran.

Israel’s military said security forces had arrived at the mosque after hearing reports of the attack but had not identified or arrested any suspects.

It said in a statement

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