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Israeli settlers vandalized a mosque on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian security officials said, after storming the Nablus village early Wednesday morning.
The Israeli army confirmed that "anonymous suspects" scrawled graffiti, including racist slogans and Jewish symbol alongside the name of the noble Prophet Mohammed written in Hebrew.
The Palestinian and the Israeli officials said the suspects set fire to two cars outside the mosque in Huwara, near Nablus, according to the officials.
More than 300 olive trees were uprooted, two cars were set afire and a mosque in the town was spray painted with racist slogans, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.
Israeli soldiers showed up after the attack and erased the graffiti. They prevented journalists from taking photographs until they completed the cleanup.
The Israeli military commander for the West Bank, Brigadier General Nitzan Alon confirmed the attack, saying "He ordered an immediate investigation into the incident, condemned the acts and that those responsible should be brought to justice," in a statement.
In December, settlers vandalized another mosque in the northern West Bank village of Yasuf, torching Muslim holy books and spraying hate messages in Hebrew. The incident triggered clashes between villagers and Israeli troops.
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A Palestinian cleans a graffiti of racist slogans and Jewish symbols from the wall of a mosque in the West Bank village of Hawara, south of Nablus, Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
Agencies
