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Aqraba, Nablus

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Municipality type C in Nablus, State of Palestine Aqraba ( ) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate , located eighteen kilometers southeast of Nablus in the northern West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Aqraba had a population of approximately 8,180 inhabitants in 2007.1 Since the occupation in 1967, Israel has confiscated 1,425 dunums of Aqraba and Yanun 's land for use for settlements , Israeli Military bases and for the Wall Zone . In October 2014, a village mosque was set alight in an arson attack carried out by Israeli settlers. A similar arson attack took place in April 2018, with settlers also spraying graffiti on the mosque walls.2 Nearby hamlets surround the village and are considered to be natural extensions of Aqraba; they are the khirbets of al-Arama, al-Kroom, Abu ar-Reisa, ar-Rujman, Firas ad-Din and Tell al-Khashaba. The total population of these hamlets was estimated to be 500 in 2008. The prominent families of Aqraba are Al Dayriyeh, Bani Jaber, Al-Mayadima, Bani Jame', and Bani Fadel. Reuters . 14 October 2014. : CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) "Settlers set fire to West Bank mosque" . Settlers set fire to West Bank mosque .3

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