Palestinian-American watches with dread as Israeli settlers besiege relatives' homes in West Bank

Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank amid an ongoing attempt to seize their land. Security camera footage from a village south of Nablus shows settlers and soldiers surrounding one of the homes. Families have told Al Jazeera that the settlers have been blocking the entrances to at least three homes since Sunday using rocks and tents, while Israeli forces have failed to clear them. In an interview with Al Jazeera, American-Palestinian Loai Ridi said his brother Qusay and 18-year-old nephew Ahmad have been under siege for four days in their home in the village of Qusra. Ridi said: “They cut off the electricity, they cut off the water lines. He only has supplies for two, three days left.” He said Israeli forces initially arrived but “they got down and they started praying behind the settlers in the same tent.” Ridi said he has contacted the US Embassy and his congressional representative, but “we're not seeing anything on the ground has changed yet.”

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