Besieged by Israeli settlers and cut off from the outside world, Palestinian families on a West Bank hilltop refuse to leave By Shatha Hammad August 21, 2026 0 For seven months, Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian homes on a hilltop near Nablus, but the families refuse to leave. “We will lose ourselves if we lose Ras al-Ain,” a village leader told Mondoweiss.