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The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers traveled to his property on Monday to join other family members who have been defending it.
NPR – World 2 publishers and 2 source reports documented this archived update.
A Palestinian American has returned to his family's home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra to join relatives defending it against an Israeli settler siege that has trapped residents for more than a week; the Israeli army has declared the property a closed military area.
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A Palestinian American returned to his besieged West Bank home to join relatives defending it, and the Israeli army declared the property a closed military area.
NPR – World A Palestinian-American remains holed up in his West Bank home for more than a week after Israeli settlers laid siege to the house and the Israeli army then turned it into a closed military area.
NYTimes – World Pope Leo has appeared in public to a lead a prayer in Vatican City, a day after being discharged from hospital following lung cancer surgery.
BBC News – World Masked Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and broke a European diplomatic vehicle's window, witnesses said. Belgium condemned the assault, which occurred amid a surge in settler violence during the olive harvest. A US journalist was also injured in a related West Bank harvest attack two days earlier, the BBC reported.
NYTimes – World Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pledged to support Saudi Arabia amid escalating Houthi attacks, calling on Egyptian lawmakers to authorize military assistance that he said would be defensive. Egypt's presidency said the country will provide 'necessary' support to defend Saudi security and resources.
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