More troops to be sent to West Bank village besieged by Israeli settlers

Two Palestinian families in the village of Qusra say they have been trapped in their homes, with water and power cut off, since Sunday.

By Ali Sawafta QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Thursday it had sent more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land. The siege began at the weekend whe

Palestinian local Qusai Abu Ridi told the Post settlers remain near the family’s home, despite military efforts to remove them, leaving the family fearful of further attacks.

Israel deploys troops to remove Israeli settlers trapping Palestinian families The Israeli army says it has dismantled "two illegal outposts" on the outskirts of the Qusra and Jalud areas in the occupied West Bank, which Israeli settlers were using to trap two Palestinian families inside their homes. It sadded th

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 - Israel's military said on Thursday it had sent more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land.

QUSRA: Israeli forces on Thursday (Aug 13) moved against rogue settlers who have besieged Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated a major settlement elsewhere in the West Bank.Settlers near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes, including one owned by a US citizen, wit

Israeli Settlers Move Back to Northern West Bank Settlement Evacuated in 2005 - Israel Security  Haaretz

Residents said they were left without food and medicine, while the military condemned the settlers’ actions.

Israeli troops have clashed with Jewish settlers while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.

Israeli settlers have been besieging two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday, with the families saying their supplies were running out and rights groups urging the authorities to step in.

Video shows the moment Israeli forces blow up the home of Farouk Ramadan, a Palestinian man who was killed in July.