The United States has sanctioned a militant Palestinian group that has professed involvement in a series of shootings in the city of Nablus over the last two years.
In a statement, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the department is sanctioning the group known as Lions’ Den, which is headquartered in the Old City section of Nablus. Miller noted that the group had claimed responsibility for a pair of shootings in the fall of 2022, including an October 2022 incident that saw bullets fired at a taxi driver as well as shots directed at a settlement called Har Bracha.
