Fears for children's safety in West Bank school as settler attacks rise
Palestinian parents in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir are increasingly concerned for their children's safety due to rising violence from Israeli settlers. The school has been fortified with barbed wire as tensions escalate in the occupied territory.
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The report highlights the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis in the West Bank, emphasizing the impact of settler violence on civilian infrastructure and education.
Fears for children's safety in West Bank school as settler attacks rise Close A school in the occupied West Bank has been surrounded by barbed-wire fencing as Palestinian parents fear for their children's safety due to the rise of Israeli settler attacks in the area.
The isolated village of al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah, has been increasingly surrounded by Jewish settler outposts, and regularly blocked by Israeli forces who frequently operate an ad-hoc checkpoint at the entrance.
Six people, including three pupils at the school, have been killed in al-Mughayyir this year, in a surge of settler-related violence against Palestinians. One of them, 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan, was shot dead by a settler outside the school gates in April.
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