Israel sends more troops to West Bank village besieged by Jewish settlers
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 when Jewish settlers closed off the road to the three homes in the Palestinian…
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