Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in Nablus

RAMALLAH - 13 April 2018: Israeli settlers set fire on Friday to a mosque in Aqraba town in the east of Nablus in northern West Bank, after throwing highly flammable substances on it and writing racist slogans on its walls.

A number of Israeli settlers have stormed Aqraba town and attempted to set fire to a mosque there, but the Palestinian residents rushed out to the scene before the mosque is fully burnt, according to Palestinian sources.

The settlers as well wrote racist slogans on the walls of the mosque, calling for taking revenge against the Arabs, eyewitnesses said.