Israeli settlers attack a mosque in Hebron

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Extremist Israeli settlers last night attacked a mosque in the Old City of Hebron, the south of the occupied West Bank, hurling stones at the mosque and smashing its windows, according to local sources.

Nidal Jabari, an Islamic Waqf official in Hebron, told WAFA that a group of settlers from the illegal Israeli outpost of Abraham Avenu, illegally built in the heart of the city, attacked Sunia Mosque in the Old City, smashing its windows and causing minor damages to the facilities of the mosque.

The city of Hebron is home to roughly 200,000 Palestinians and about 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers who live in colonial compounds in the heart of the city, heavily guarded by Israeli troops.

In February 2019, Israel expelled the only international monitors protecting Hebron’s Palestinians from the 800 heavily guarded settlers, one of whom committed the 1994 massacre that triggered their deployment.