A group of settlers attacked a West Bank town overnight, setting a mosque on fire and spraying graffiti around the site, Palestinian witnesses said. Police said they had opened an investigation.

A statement from police said officers searched for perpetrators and a crime forensics team collected evidence from the scene in Tuwani, in the South Hebron Hills.

A car was torched and damage was caused to a “house of prayer” along with graffiti, police said.

There were no reports of injuries as a result of the apparent settler attack.

Pictures from the scene show a Star of David and the words “Havat Gilad” painted on a wall, referring to a northern West Bank settlement where several homes caught fire Saturday.

“An investigation into the cause of the incident… is ongoing,” the police statement read, without directly noting the arson suspicions.

BREAKING: Israeli settler terrorists attacked the Palestinian village of Tuwani in the West Bank, setting a mosque and a vehicle on fire and spray-painting a Star of David on the mosque's wall. pic.twitter.com/m1nCyx1aRk — Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) July 18, 2026

BREAKING: Israeli settler terrorists attacked the Palestinian village of Tuwani in the West Bank, setting a mosque and a vehicle on fire and spray-painting a Star of David on the mosque's........

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