An arson attack by illegal Israeli settlers targeting a mosque in the occupied West Bank has sparked widespread international condemnation, amid an ongoing surge of violence against Palestinians throughout the region.

A Palestinian mosque near the West Bank city of Salfit has been set alight by a group of illegal Israeli settlers.

At least three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces as they expanded their deadly raids across the occupied West Bank.

A young Palestinian man has been killed and seven others were injured after Israeli settlers launched an armed attack on the town of Aqraba in the occupied West Bank.