Israeli prosecutors charge six settlers after West Bank mosque attack
Key takeaways
- Israeli attacks on Palestinian villages have increased in the occupied West Bank, even as settlers charged.
- “Six indictments were filed for acts of terrorism, arson, sabotage and violent rioting in the village of Deir Dibwan out of a nationalistic motive,” Israeli police said in a statement on Friday.
- On June 14, Israeli settlers attacked two West Bank villages.
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Israeli attacks on Palestinian villages have increased in the occupied West Bank, even as settlers charged.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Israeli soldiers keep watch during a weekly tour by Israeli settlers in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. [File: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]By Alex Milan Durie and AFPPublished On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026Israeli prosecutors have filed charges against six people following attacks on villages and a mosque by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
“Six indictments were filed for acts of terrorism, arson, sabotage and violent rioting in the village of Deir Dibwan out of a nationalistic motive,” Israeli police said in a statement on Friday.