Police and the IDF were investigating an alleged arson attack and vandalism by settlers on Wednesday in the West Bank Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh, the Kan public broadcaster reported.

Photos published by Palestinian media showed a charred car, as well as Hebrew graffiti on a wall reading “Revenge” and “Am Yisrael Chai” (The nation of Israel lives).

Kan published additional security camera footage, timestamped to about 5 a.m., showing three masked individuals at the site of the attack.

There were no reports of arrests.

Father Jack, a church priest from the village, told Kan in a Thursday interview that the community lives in fear of bloodshed.

“We are worried that the rioters will break into the village at night and cause calamity,” he said. “There is concern and fear in the village; we aren’t prepared to lose even one soul, not prepared for a drop of blood to be spilled.”

המשטרה פתחה בחקירת האירוע ותחקור אותו בליווי הצבא. שלושה רעולי פנים תועדו מגיעים למקום במהלך הלילה ובורחים | תיעוד בלעדי @HGoldich pic.twitter.com/c7Utvk0n5w

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