Israeli settlers violence: How two West Bank mosques ended up in flames

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 26, 2026 10:38 PM IST Children stand outside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads "Revenge Benayahu", referring to an Israeli settler killed during clashes with Palestinians in the village of Tell. (AP Photo) Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday and set fire to two mosques, officials said amid a rise in deadly violence in the region that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers. The violence comes as Israeli opposition and Palestinians accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ignoring the reported attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The attacks