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Israeli prosecutors have filed charges against six people following attacks on villages and a mosque by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix indictments were filed for acts of terrorism, arson, sabotage and violent rioting in the village of Deir Dibwan out of a nationalistic motive,\u201d Israeli police said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n
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On June 14, Israeli settlers attacked two West Bank villages.<\/p>\n
Police said their investigation revealed that masked settlers had coordinated to enter Deir Dibwan together while carrying flammable substances, tear gas and a knife, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cUpon entering the village, they carried out a series of terrorist acts, which included setting fire to vegetation, torching vehicles, damaging the local mosque, attacking residents\u2019 homes and throwing stones at vehicles and inhabited houses,\u201d according to the police statement.<\/p>\n
At the time of the attack, witnesses told Al Jazeera the settlers poured an incendiary substance on the window of the mosque and set it alight while worshippers were inside<\/a>.<\/p>\n More than 500,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank \u2013 excluding occupied East Jerusalem \u2013 in settlements and outposts illegal under international law.<\/p>\n The number of settler attacks has risen sharply in 2026 to around six per day, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n Attacks continue<\/p>\n On Friday alone, Palestine\u2019s Wafa news agency reported several settler attacks and raids on Palestinian homes and villages across the West Bank. They included attacks on homes in the village of Al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem, on vehicles in the northwest of Ramallah and a fire started by settlers on agricultural land in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah.<\/p>\n Wafa also reported that Israeli forces and settlers raided Al-Ras Mosque in Hebron\u2019s Old City before dawn, assaulted those inside, prevented the dawn prayer from being held and closed the mosque to worshippers.<\/p>\n The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs condemned the raid, denounced the raising of Israeli flags on the mosque as well as preventing worshippers from access.<\/p>\n Also on Friday, Israeli forces assaulted and detained a Palestinian man near Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, Wafa said.<\/p>\n Attacks in the occupied West Bank have continued despite the charges against the six settlers.<\/p>\n The defendants include five minors and an 18-year-old, according to The Times of Israel. It said they were charged in the Jerusalem District Court for racially-motivated assault that included a string of violent offences, rioting, arson under \u201cterrorist\u201d circumstances and racially-motivated property damage.<\/p>\n Al Jazeera reported earlier that western countries such as the Australia, Canada, France, Norway,<\/a> New Zealand and the UK have imposed coordinated sanctions<\/a> targetting networks involved in financing, enabling and carrying out settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n