‘Water and salt’: Qusra residents trapped in Israeli settler siege

Israeli settlers and soldiers besiege Qusra families for eight days, blocking water and aid.

A week after Israeli settlers began besieging Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, human rights activist Netanael Hanadaro joined FRANCE 24 to recount what he witnessed there. He said he and other NGO members reached the isolated homes on foot and left food outside for the trapped residents, with the Is

Qusra, West Bank —  Loui Ridi began building a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters. The girls grew up in Ohio, but family trips made them fall in love with their father’s Palestinian roots. “Can we have a home where grandmother lives, where you were born …

On 9 August, settlers established a new outpost in Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, setting up a tent just metres away from Palestinian homes. They continue to lay siege on three family homes, which are on the outskirts of the village, on a hill. The settlers have cut water and electric […] By Charlie

Israeli settlers’ siege of Palestinian homes draws a sharp US rebuke  AP News

Israeli forces evicted Palestinian families and imposed a military zone in Qusra as troops moved to dismantle an illegal settler outpost after days of terror.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee denounced a group of Israeli settlers who laid siege to a Palestinian home in the West Bank, describing them as “terrorists.” Ihab Hassan, a Palestinian Christian activist, called attention to a mob of Israeli settlers laying siege to the house in the West Bank village of Qusra,