Israeli settlers uprooted olive trees, set fire to cars and vandalized a mosque in the Nablus area on Thursday

Israeli settlers uprooted olive trees, set fire to cars and vandalized a mosque in the Nablus area on Thursday, officials said.

Palestinian official Ghassan Douglas told Ma'an that two cars were set alight in the village of Qabalan, south of Nablus. Settlers also vandalized a mosque in Yatma village south of Nablus, spraying anti Muslim and anti Arab slogans on the walls, witnesses said.

Over 35 olive trees were also uprooted by settlers in the village of Huwwara, near the illegal settlement of Yitzhar.

The latest attacks come amid an escalation in settler violence over the past week. On Monday, settlers torched a mosque in the village of Qusra, which is located near the villages of Qabalan and Yatma.