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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

US sanctions Palestinian group under decree used to target Israeli settlers

Mourners and fighters attend the funeral of Palestinian Lions' Den member Tamer Kilani in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 23, 2022 [Raneen Sawafa/Reuters]

Washington, DC – The United States has imposed sanctions on a Palestinian group in the occupied West Bank based on a White House executive order previously used to penalise violent Israeli settlers.

The US on Thursday targeted the Lions’ Den, an armed group that emerged out of Nablus in 2022 and has claimed several attacks against Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.

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