In a sun-filled classroom for elementary-aged students, decorations and posters showing the Arabic alphabet have been ripped from the walls, chairs toppled, papers and documents from a filing cabinet crumpled and strewn across the floor. The door to the classroom is tied with rope; its handle lies nearby, bashed and warped after the door was kicked in a day earlier. A group of extremist Israeli settlers stormed the small primary school last month while it was in session.
The violence by Israeli settlers and the Israeli military has also erupted against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Near-nightly military raids take place in many cities. Israel says these are part of counterterrorism efforts against Hamas and other militant groups that have stepped up attacks against Israelis.
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