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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Suspected Jewish extremists damaged Palestinian vehicles and sprayed pro-settler graffiti in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shufat on Sunday, Israeli police said.

Six cars were found with slashed tires and nationalist slogans, including 'price tag', were found in the area, Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told Ma'an.

Police have opened an investigation into the incident, which has "nationalistic motives," Rosenfeld added.

"Price-tag" and anti-Christian slogans were sprayed on the gate of the Monastery of Saint Francis, just outside of Jerusalem's Old City in early October.

In early September, suspected Jewish extremists torched the wooden door of a Jerusalem monastery and sprayed "Jesus is a monkey" and pro-settler graffiti on the walls.

In February, suspected Jewish extremists wrote "Death to Christianity" on two Jerusalem churches. The graffiti also included profanity about Jesus, and the vandals slashed the tires of several cars parked in one of the church compounds.

"Price Tag" attacks have targeted mosques, Palestinian homes and Israeli military installations in the occupied West Bank.