Abdul Karim Hassan, whose family is besieged on the Ras al-Ain hill outside the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the central West Bank, August 2026. (Photo: Shatha Hammad)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.