Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in Mukhmas, a village north of occupied East Jerusalem, during an assault late at night that also left a Palestinian vehicle and an olive tree burned.
The attack on the place of worship unfolded overnight in Mukhmas, which lies to the north of occupied East Jerusalem. Alongside the mosque being set alight, those behind the assault torched a Palestinian vehicle and an olive tree, according to accounts of the incident.
The violence has been described as a pogrom, a term applied to the organised nature of the overnight assault on the community.
It forms part of a wider pattern. Settlers have been mounting attacks on Palestinian communities and religious sites on what amounts to a near-daily basis.
Mukhmas, like other villages in the area around occupied East Jerusalem, has found itself on the receiving end of such incidents, with mosques among the targets.
The burning of the mosque in Mukhmas, together with the destruction of the vehicle and the olive tree, adds to a series of repeated strikes on Palestinian communities and places of worship that have continued at a near-daily pace.
