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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum

‘Feels like revenge’: Palestinians on life locked down in Hebron’s Old City

Empty Hebron street
A 'sterile' street in an area of Hebron under full Israeli control, which Palestinians are not allowed to enter. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian

Shaadi Muqtasen worries most about his children, who are going crazy with boredom after nearly four months stuck at home without school; and his dogs, which are going wild with frustration after more than 100 days caged in a tiny yard.

His family live in the centre of old Hebron, one of the most heavily contested, heavily militarised places in the West Bank. For Palestinian residents there, life all but stopped when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October.

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