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A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers traveled to the property on Monday to join family members defending it. The family has reportedly been holed up for more than a week after settlers surrounded the house and Israeli forces turned the area into a closed military zone.
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.
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