IDF Fails to Enforce Qusra Closed Zone After 1 Week of Settler Attacks
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Updated · Haaretz · Aug 17
IDF Fails to Enforce Qusra Closed Zone After 1 Week of Settler Attacks
3 articles · Updated · Haaretz · Aug 17
Summary
Israeli settlers were seen moving through the closed military zone near Qusra on Sunday, undercutting the army's stated effort to restore order around the West Bank village.
The lapse came after more than a week of settler attacks and a siege on Qusra, the trigger for the IDF's order barring access to the area.
Up to 20 Palestinian families had already been extracted from the village during the siege, and some later returned to homes they said had been trashed.
The episode deepens scrutiny of the IDF's ability or willingness to enforce restrictions on settlers in flashpoints across the occupied West Bank.
How does a localized siege in Qusra expose a massive, state-backed annexation campaign systematically displacing thousands across the West Bank in 2026?
Why did soldiers pray with the very settlers they were sent to stop before declaring the besieged Palestinian village a closed military zone?
What hidden agenda lies behind the military sealing off a vandalized village just as record numbers of new settlements are quietly declared?