# ‘Water and salt’: Qusra residents trapped in Israeli settler siege

https://mins.news/en/item/23610

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-16 17:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/water-and-salt-qusra-residents-trapped-in-israeli-settler-siege?traffic_source=rss

> Fifteen Palestinians, including two children, remain trapped in three homes in Qusra’s Ras al-Ain area as Israeli settlers and soldiers maintain a siege into its second week. Families have been cut off from food, water and electricity; the army intercepted a UNICEF aid convoy and blocked a water tanker. Residents say they will not leave their homes.

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