Nur Shams, West Bank
CNN
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Fatima Tawfeeq, 63, has lived through numerous Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank. She witnessed Israel’s takeover of the Palestinian territory in 1967 and lived through Israel’s crackdown during the first and second intifadas, the fierce Palestinian uprisings against Israeli control.
But this is the first time she’s had to flee her home in Nur Shams. She says Israeli forces expelled her from it earlier this month and converted it into a military barracks.
“I’ve never seen this situation before,” she said, speaking to CNN from a wedding hall that has been converted into a makeshift shelter in the nearby town of…
