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June 21, 2023

Settlers Attack Palestinian Villages After 4 Israelis Shot Dead in Occupied West Bank
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On Tuesday night, Israeli settlers raided 10 Palestinian villages in the
occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes and vehicles. The attacks came
hours after two Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israelis and injured
four others near a Jewish settlement. The alleged gunmen were later shot
dead. The militant group Hamas said the attack was a response to
Israel's massive air and ground raid on the Jenin refugee camp on Monday
during which Israel deployed U.S.-made Apache helicopter gunships for
the first time in the West Bank in nearly two decades. The death toll
from Israel's raid on the refugee camp reached seven today following the
death of a 15-year-old Palestinian girl named Sadeel Naghniyeh, who was
shot by Israeli gunfire. Palestinians living in Jenin said they are now
afraid to let their children go outside. This is Hadeel Jaas, whose
husband was shot dead by Israeli forces on Monday.

Hadeel Jaas: "There is no safe place in the camp. At any minute there
could be a rape. We are afraid for our children to go outside. If I want
to go to the market, I will be in a hurry to be back home so I can feel
safe with my children at home."