Today we were the first foreigners to enter the Palestinian city of Nablus after a six-day siege.
Early last Friday morning, for the second time, the Israeli army invaded this city of almost 200,000 people on the West Bank. The first invasion, in April, lasted 28 days and left severe destruction in its wake. Life was finally getting back to normal when they struck again.
This new invasion came five days before the most recent suicide bombing.
Locals estimate there were at least eighty tanks, armoured cars and helicopters. Despite encountering no military resistance, troops occupied the entire town. They imposed a twenty-four-hour curfew that lasted all six days.
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