SINJIL, West Bank — On a cool night in June, some 15 Palestinians from the town of Sinjil in the occupied West Bank gathered on a hilltop to watch the shadowed valleys below for any sign of movement that might signal an impending Israeli settler attack.
Amal Foqahaa, 13, holds a cat outside her family home, whose windows they barred after Israeli settlers threw a Molotov cocktail inside two years ago while the family was home, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Palestinian grandfather Yousef Foqahaa and his grandson, also named Yousef, stand outside their family home, whose windows they barred after Israeli settlers threw a Molotov cocktail inside two years ago while the family was home, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Jawaher Foqahaa walks past the tall metal fencing installed by the Israeli military that closed off four of the five entrances to their town and runs directly past the family home, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Yousef Foqahaa cycles past the tall metal fencing installed by the Israeli military that closed off four of the five entrances to his town, Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Turmus Ayya beyond the tall metal fencing installed by the Israeli military that closed off four of the five entrances to Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Amal Foqahaa, 13, holds a cat outside her family home, whose windows they barred after Israeli settlers threw a Molotov cocktail inside two years ago while the family was home, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Palestinian grandfather Yousef Foqahaa and his grandson, also named Yousef, stand outside their family home, whose windows they barred after Israeli settlers threw a Molotov cocktail inside two years ago while the family was home, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Yousef Foqahaa cycles past the tall metal fencing installed by the Israeli military that closed off four of the five entrances to his town, Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Jawaher Foqahaa walks past the tall metal fencing installed by the Israeli military that closed off four of the five entrances to their town and runs directly past the family home, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.
Turmus Ayya beyond the tall metal fencing installed by the Israeli military that closed off four of the five entrances to Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 26.