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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Robbie Corey-Boulet

Fasting And Funerals: Violence Darkens West Bank Ramadan

Palestinian men surround a charred car hit in an Israeli air strike on Jenin (Credit: AFP)

Normally festive Ramadan nights have become rife with danger in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, said hospital director Wisam Bakr, as surging violence casts a long shadow over the Muslim fasting month.

His hospital in the northern West Bank city of Jenin has been on the front line of the spike in violence since Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel triggered the war that is still raging in the Gaza Strip.

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