Overview
- Palestinian authorities reported settlers set fire to and vandalized the Hajja Hamida mosque between Deir Istiya and Kafr Haris, leaving racist graffiti including insults to the Prophet Muhammad and messages referencing IDF commander Avi Bluth.
- The IDF said forces were dispatched to inspect the mosque attack and transferred the case to police, which had not identified suspects as of Thursday.
- One day earlier, masked settlers attacked Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, torching vehicles and a dairy facility and setting tents ablaze in a nearby Bedouin community; the IDF reported four Palestinians wounded and police said four Israelis were detained, three later released.
- President Isaac Herzog condemned what he called an 'astonishing and severe' settler assault and urged decisive action, while Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth labeled the violence unacceptable and a drain on security resources.
- The UN recorded a record monthly tally of settler attacks in October, and Amnesty International urged Israel not to finalize a bill that passed its first reading to mandate the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis.