Huwara is a Palestinian town in the West Bank that became a flashpoint after a shooting attack near it. Through October 6, 2023 the opening said the attack was denounced by Israel but was praised by Palestinian militant groups. Today that sentence is gone from the opening, and the word militant survives only in the general description of the town as a flashpoint, appearing three times in the body. A reader arriving now learns the town sits on a road to Israeli settlements and not that Palestinian militant groups praised the attack that triggered the events there.
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Huwara or Howwarah ( , ) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine . Located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank , Huwara is on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem, approximately 4 miles (6 km) from Jacob's Well . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 5,800 in 2006.1 Huwara is a flashpoint town in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Huwara is on the main road to several Israeli settlements, leading to frequent clashes between Israeli soldiers and passerby Israeli settlers and local Palestinians.2Most notably, in February 2023, a Palestinian gunman fatally shot two Israeli civilian-settlers from Har Bracha . The attack was denounced by Israel but was praised by Palestinian militant groups.3 In response to the shooting, the town was rampaged by hundreds of Israeli settlers, who torched Palestinian businesses and houses, leaving one dead and one hundred Palestinians injured. Israeli soldiers in the area looked on without taking action to stop the attacks. The rampage was universally condemned by both Palestinian and Israeli politicians.4 "Two Israeli settlers killed in West Bank shooting, days after Israeli raid kills 11 Palestinians" .
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Palestinian Authority municipality Huwara ( , ḥuwwarah , Arabic pronunciation ) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the northern West Bank , 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Nablus and forms an enclave between four Israeli settlements . It is approximately 4 miles (6 km) from Jacob's Well . As part of the West Bank Closures system, the town contains the main Israel Defense Forces checkpoint to enter the nearby city of Nablus . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 5,800 in 2006. In 1853, Huwara was engaged in a battle with the neighboring villages of Quza and Beita which left ten men and seven women dead. The first elementary school was established in 1947, the school was converted in to secondary school in 1962, the first female elementary school was established in 1957. Huwara Elementary as well as secondary schools serves infants from neighboring villages up to the present time. The main clan is the Odeh clan; Which contains many families including the Mohammad, the Shaaweet, the Shhada, and Sleem. The second major clan is Ethmedeh. Tent and Testament: A Camping Tour in Palestine . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics .
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Palestinian Authority municipality Huwara ( , ḥuwwarah , Arabic pronunciation ) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the northern West Bank , 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Nablus and forms an enclave between four Israeli settlements . It is approximately 4 miles (6 km) from Jacob's Well . As part of the West Bank Closures system, the town contained the main Israeli checkpoint , Huwwara Checkpoint , to enter the nearby city of Nablus , until 2011 when the IDF decided to dismantle it in order to ease traffic between Nablus and Ramallah . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 5,800 in 2006. The first elementary school was established in 1947, the school was converted into secondary school in 1962, the first female elementary school was established in 1957. Huwara Elementary as well as secondary schools serves infants from neighboring villages up to the present time. The main clan is the Odeh clan, which contains many families including the Mohammad, the Shaaweet, the Shhada, and Sleem. The second major clan is Ethmedeh. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics .
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Municipality type C in Nablus, State of Palestine Huwara ( , ḥuwwarah , Arabic pronunciation ) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the northern West Bank , south of Nablus , on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem. It is approximately 4 miles (6 km) from Jacob's Well .
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Municipality type C in Nablus, State of Palestine Huwara or Howwarah ( Arabic : حُوّارة , romanized : Ḥuwwārah , pronounced [ħʊwˈwaːra] ) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine . Located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank , Huwara is on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem, approximately 4 miles (6 km) from Jacob's Well . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 6,659 in 2017. Huwara is a flashpoint town in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Huwara is on the main road to nearby Israeli settlements , leading to frequent clashes between Israeli soldiers and settlers and local Palestinians.Most notably, two Israeli civilian-settlers passing the town were shot by a Palestinian gunman in a shooting attack . In response to the shooting attack, the town was rampaged by hundreds of Israeli settlers, who torched Palestinian businesses and houses, leaving one dead and one hundred Palestinians injured. Israel constructed a bypass road around Huwara to avoid having the Israeli settlers pass through the Palestinian town.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). "Two Israeli settlers killed in West Bank shooting, days after Israeli raid kills 11 Palestinians" .
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palestinian town located in the nablus governorate of the northern west bank
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palestinian town located in the nablus governorate of the state of palestine
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