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[Issam Rimawi  - Anadolu Agency])   A group of approximately 50 Israeli peace activists are blocked by Israeli military vehicles and heavily deployed soldiers as they attempt to reach besieged Palestinians in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, West Bank, Palestine, on September 4, 2026. [Issam Rimawi  – Anadolu Agency]             The Israeli army on Friday prevented around 100 Israeli peace activists from delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians who have been under occupiers’ siege for 28 days in the town of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank, according to the Peace Now movement. Since Aug. 9, Israeli occupiers have besieged three Palestinian homes in Qusra, while the Israeli army has also prevented the families from entering or leaving them, claiming the area is a “closed military zone.” “Day 28 of the blockade on Qusra. ​About 100 activists arrived to deliver supplies to the besieged families,” the Israeli left-wing Peace Now movement said in a post on the US social media platform X. “The army blocked us at first, claiming Qusra was a ‘closed military zone.’ Then let us in but on the way back detained us for ‘violating a closed military zone’,” it added. Peace Now said the field commander currently refused even to allow aid to be brought in to the families, saying they could come out and receive it themselves, although the army prevents Palestinians from leaving their besieged homes. 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