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Palestinian Authority security forces discovered several archeological sites belonging under a mosque in the Kefreet village in the West Bank

A police statement said the remains of an Islamic building were found when an excavation for the mosque's renovation was underway. Palestinian archeologists said the remains likely date back to the Ottoman era, the statement added.

The PA tourism police secured the area and closed it off to the public, in cooperation with the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments, until a team of renovation specialists has been formed to inspect the site and the mosque's foundations, the statement said.