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6 settlers indicted on terror charges for arson attack on West Bank mosque with people inside

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26.06.2026

Six teenagers accused of participating in a settler attack on a West Bank Palestinian village were indicted on terror charges Friday over a number of attacks, including allegedly setting fire to a mosque while worshippers were inside.

The defendants, five minors and an 18-year-old, are accused of joining up with other extremists on June 14 to commit a “string of violent acts, arson and harm to property and human life out of a nationalist motive,” police said in a statement.

According to the prosecutors, the group arrived at the village of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah, wearing face coverings and carrying knives, tear gas, gloves, and combustible material.

There, the defendants allegedly set a fire at the entrance to the village’s local mosque during prayer, using a flammable substance that injured one worshiper’s eye when an assailant sprayed it at him.

The assailants also targeted private homes, setting a family’s porch ablaze while they were inside, and torched five vehicles in the town, police said.

The group is also accused of setting fire to agricultural land surrounding the community.

Israeli settlers attacked the homes and vehicles of residents in the village of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah. pic.twitter.com/DtFOOECe7F — TIMES OF GAZA........

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