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Israeli settlers are accused of committing an arson attack on the Hajja Hamida Mosque in the occupied West Bank.

Photos show windows smashed and parts of the mosque entirely charred, including the carpet floor and the Quran and other books.

Graffiti was also written in Hebrew on the mosque's back wall, saying, “He will exact vengeance on his enemies,” and, "We are not afraid of you Gen. Avi Bluth,” referring to the chief of the Israel Defense Forces Central Command.

"This assault constitutes a blatant violation of freedom of worship and a provocation of citizens' sentiments, and it comes under the policy of systematic escalation practiced by the government of the occupation and its settlers," the governor of Salfit in the West Bank said in a statement.

The United Nations is “deeply disturbed” by the attack, said Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the U.N. secretary-general.

“We have and will continue to condemn attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their property in the West Bank,” Dujarric said in a statement. “Israel, as the occupying power, has a responsible party to protect the civilian population and ensure that those responsible for these attacks, including this attack on a mosque and the spray painting of horrendous language on the mosque, be brought to account."

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The Red Cross has handed over the coffin of another deceased person to Israeli forces inside Gaza, according to the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.

The deceased will be transferred to Israel and be received in military status with the chief military rabbi before being transferred to the Ministry of Health's National Center for Forensic Medicine, the prime minister's office said. After being identified, an official announcement will be made to the family, the office said.

There are believed to be three remaining hostage bodies in Gaza.

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The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza on Thursday recorded two more deaths and five more wounded people across the strip over the previous 24 hours.

The two deaths included one person who was newly deceased and one person who was recovered from under rubble, the ministry said in a post to Telegram.

The latest casualties bring the total number of dead since Oct. 7, 2023, to 69,187 people, the ministry said, with another 170,703 people injured.

Since the current ceasefire came into force on Oct. 11, 260 people have been killed, 632 people have been wounded and 533 bodies have been recovered from under rubble, the ministry said.

The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that its warplanes attacked what it called a Hezbollah "weapons depot" and underground infrastructure in southern Lebanon, as Israel continues its long-running campaign of airstrikes across its northern border.

"The terrorist organization Hezbollah continues in attempts to rehabilitate terror assets throughout Lebanon; the presence of the terror infrastructures and the activity of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the area constitute a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," the IDF said.

A November 2024 ceasefire nominally ended the year-long cross border conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia. But periodic Israeli airstrikes have continued ever since.

Recent weeks have seen an intensification in IDF strikes, with Israeli officials alleging that Hezbollah is attempting to rebuild its military capacities in southern Lebanon -- a traditional stronghold of the group.