West Bank villagers return to shattered Zanuta with keys but no homes

Abdelaziz al-Tal is one of the Zanuta residents who have returned to what is left of their homes after Israeli settlers forced them out [Moshab Shawer/Al Jazeera]

Zanuta, occupied West Bank – When the villagers of Zanuta fled their homes last year, chased out by Israeli settler attacks, they took their keys with them.

For the 300 or so days that they spent living in tents in al-Dhaheriya, about 30km (19 miles) away, they kept their keys, in the hope that they would be able to return to their homes.