Activists Try to Get Supplies to Besieged Palestinians
Activists carried donated food, water and snacks to besieged Palestinian families as Israeli forces said they would inspect the supplies before entry.
- On Friday, activists marched to deliver supplies to Palestinian families under an almost week-long siege in the West Bank village of Qusra, but the Israeli military blocked them, citing a "Closed military zone."
- The ordeal began on Sunday near Nablus when settlers blocked three homes, severing water and electricity supplies while preventing emergency medical access despite military attempts to remove them.
- US Ambassador Mike Huckabee criticized the siege as "thuggish behaviour," calling actions "disgusting," while the Israeli military claimed troops were deployed in Qusra "to protect the residents and maintain security in the area."
- Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed the military to prepare a plan transferring settler enforcement to police, stating The IDF's role is not to "chase boys on the hilltops."
- Several ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government openly support West Bank annexation, though reports indicate the proposed enforcement transfer is unlikely before national elections scheduled for 27 October.
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Palestinians besieged in West Bank village of Qusra fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes
The standoff in Qusra between Palestinian families and Israeli settlers who apparently want to push them out entered a new stage Friday as activists supporting the Palestinians marched toward the besieged homes to replenish their dwindling food and water supply.
In the West Bank, Israeli and international activists have brought food to Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for days.
Illegal Israeli settlers in Qusra are blocking Palestinian homes and resisting army attempts to remove them.
Dozens of Israeli settlers are blocking access to homes in the village of Kousra, with residents saying they have been effectively cut off from all food supplies.
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AlKhaleej TodayIsraeli troops prevent activists from reaching besieged Qusra families
Israeli forces on Friday prevented Palestinian, Israeli and foreign activists from reaching Palestinian families whose homes have been surrounded by settlers for nearly a week in the occupied West Bank town of Qusra, south of Nablus.
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