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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Stephen Starr in Toledo, Ohio

In a town in the heart of the US, Israeli settler violence in West Bank hits close to home

A man looks out at soldiers walking along a road.
Loui Ridi looks on as Palestinian residents are confined in their homes in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on 20 August 2026. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

From his office outside Toledo, Ohio, Thamin Tim Ridi opens his phone to livestream the scene outside the besieged house of his brother, Loui, thousands of miles away in the occupied West Bank.

This month, with his property at risk of being destroyed by Israeli settlers, Loui traveled from Ohio to his ancestral home in Qusra, south of Nablus, where his mother and other family members have been living in constant fear of attack.

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