Israeli prosecutors charge six settlers after West Bank mosque attack

Israeli attacks on Palestinian villages have increased in the occupied West Bank, even as settlers charged.Israeli 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.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Israeli attacks on Gaza and occupied West Bank kill two, including childlist 2 of 4Our life stops’: West Bank childhood shattered by Israeli military raidslist 3 of 4Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinians in occupied West Bank, Gazalist 4 of 4Who has profited most from the war on Iran?end of listOn June 14, Israeli settlers attacked two West Bank villages.Police said their investigation revealed that masked settlers had coordinated to enter Deir Dibwan together while carrying flammable substances, tear gas and a knife, AFP reported.“Upon entering the village, they carried out a series of terrorist acts, which included setting fire to vegetation, torching vehicles, damaging the local mosque, attacking residents’ homes and throwing stones at vehicles and inhabited houses,” according to the police statement.At the time of the attack, witnesses told Al Jazeera the settlers poured an incendiary substance on the window of the mosque and set it alight while worshippers were inside.More than 500,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank – excluding occupied East Jerusalem – in settlements and outposts illegal under international law.The number of settler attacks has risen sharply in 2026 to around six per day, according to the United Nations.Attacks continueOn Friday alone, Palestine’s Wafa news agency reported several settler attacks and raids on Palestinian homes and villages across the West Bank. They included attacks on homes in the village of Al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem, on vehicles in the northwest of Ramallah and a fire started by settlers on agricultural land in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah.