A strike to demand a cease-fire closes businesses in the West Bank and beyond.

In cities across the West Bank, including Nablus and Hebron, typically bustling streets were deserted as Palestinian shoppers and shop owners alike stayed home in solidarity with the civilians of Gaza, where the number of those killed during the war between Israeli and Hamas has risen to a level with few precedents in this century. In Ramallah, children marching for an end to the war carried photographs of bloodied Palestinian babies. Read more

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