An Israeli settler was shown in recordings of surveillance cameras while he assaulted days ago the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Musrara neighborhood in Jerusalem.

According to local sources, the recordings showed the settler smashing the lock of one of the church's gates and a surveillance camera belonging to it.  

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Higher Presidential Commission for Church Affairs, Ramzi Khoury, slammed the attack, pointing out that it was a result of the impunity granted to hardcore Israeli settlers who carry out attacks on Christian and Muslim holy places.

He called on all church-related and international organizations to uphold their responsibilities and "take action against those trying to pull the region into a religious conflict."

"We want effective and deterrent action, we want the international community to intervene in the face of these violations and put an end to them," he said.