Illegal Israeli settlers set fire on Wednesday to parts of two mosques in the villages of Jiljilya and Mazra’a al-Nubani, north of the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, and sprayed Hebrew slogans on their walls.

A group of illegal settlers stormed Jiljilya at dawn and set fire to its mosque, burning the women’s prayer hall and causing damage to the mosque’s exterior walls, local sources told Anadolu.

Jiljilya has recently witnessed an escalation in illegal Israeli settler attacks, they said.

Last month, they attacked the village and stole a flock of sheep belonging to its Palestinian residents.

In a separate incident, the settlers attacked Mazra’a al-Nubani and set fire to a mosque there, causing material damage. In both Jiljilya and Mazra’a al-Nubani, they also sprayed Hebrew slogans on the mosques’ walls.

The occupied West Bank has seen increasing attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers against Palestinians and their property since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, including arson, land confiscation and preventing farmers from accessing their land, particularly in areas near settlements and outposts.

The violence in the occupied West Bank has since killed 1,169 Palestinians and injured 12,666 others, while around 23,000 have been arrested and 33,000 displaced, according to official Palestinian figures.