Israeli settlers vandalise mosque and block roads in West Bank town Israeli settlers stormed a mosque in the town of Deir Ballut, west of Salfit, on Friday, as attacks on Palestinian communities and places of worship continue to escalate under Israeli occupation in the occupied West Bank. Local sources told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that settlers broke into the Al-Salam Mosque, vandalised its interior and disrupted daily life by blocking roads and preventing vehicles from reaching the town’s main junction. Residents said the assault fits a wider pattern of settler violence across Salfit governorate, where attacks on Palestinian property and religious sites have intensified, often carried out with impunity and under the protection of Israeli forces. In a related incident, groups of settlers also spread out around Palestinian homes and agricultural land in the village of Farkha, south of Salfit. While no physical assaults were reported there, residents described the move as an act of intimidation designed to instil fear and tighten control over Palestinian land. Settler violence remains a central pillar of Israel’s occupation, used to pressure communities and entrench illegal settlement expansion across the West Bank.