Palestinians set fire to shrine amid rising tensions on West Bank

Storks fly over a section of Israel’s separation barrier, between the Israeli Kibbutz Kramim and the West Bank village of Arab al Fureijat (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Palestinians set fire to a West Bank shrine revered by Jews as Israeli forces operated in the occupied territory following a spate of recent Palestinian attacks in Israel, the Israeli military said on Sunday.

The developments come as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have escalated during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which this year converges with major Jewish and Christian holidays. Protests and tensions around the holiday last year boiled over into the 11-day Gaza war.