Jewish rioters set fire to a mosque in the Hebron Mountains area on Sunday morning, Israel Hayom reports. The arson follows an earlier attack on the same village by dozens of rioters. No injuries or arrests have been reported.
Israel Hayom now reports that Jewish rioters set fire to a mosque in the Hebron Mountains on Sunday morning, adding a specific arson detail to the broader attack on a village in the area. The report comes about two hours after The Zioneer first covered the incident as an unverified price-tag attack, then rapidly updated with Palestinian reports of a mosque fire, and later with IDF and police confirmation of arson and vandalism in al-Tuwani — including a vehicle fire and damage to a prayer structure. The new detail confirms that the mosque was set ablaze, a specific element that had been reported anecdotally but not yet corroborated by official sources.
The Zioneer’s thread on the incident began at 07:41 Jerusalem with a single unverified report of a suspected price-tag attack near Hebron. Minutes later, Palestinian sources cited by Ynet identified the target as a mosque in southern Mount Hebron. By 07:41, IDF and police forces had been called to the scene, with Channel 12 reporting a vehicle fire, a damaged prayer structure door, and graffiti. Law enforcement later confirmed the arson and vandalism, noting no casualties and an ongoing investigation. The latest report from Israel Hayom, citing its own sources, states that Jewish rioters specifically set fire to the mosque.
The attack is part of a recurring pattern of violence in the Hebron area. As The Zioneer reported on June 15, settlers torched vehicles and a mosque east of Ramallah. On June 18, an attack on pastureland at Desert Book Farm in southern Mount Hebron was reported. Additionally, on Thursday, a Jewish shepherd was lightly wounded in an Arab riot attack in the same region. These incidents underscore the persistent tensions between Israeli settlers and Palestinian communities in the area.
No injuries or arrests have been reported in connection with Sunday’s arson, and the full extent of the damage to the mosque remains unclear. The investigation is ongoing, and no group has claimed responsibility.
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