Ahmed Abu Mahmoud, 64, sits at a mosque allegedly burned by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 26, 2026. Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank overnight on July 26, after this week’s deadly clashes in the territory left six people dead. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
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President Trump and his Board of Peace are working to find a diplomatic end to the war between Israel and Hamas.
But as they work towards an agreement, incidents of settler violence are increasing in the other Israeli-occupied territory, the West Bank
NPR visited the region to learn how that violence is shaping daily life there.
This episode was produced by Christine Arrasmith and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Peter Elena, Becky Brown and Ted Mebane.
It was edited by James Hider and Tinbete Ermyas.
Our director is Elena Moore.
Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.
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