# Nablus · 12 March 2011 > Photos and videos from Nablus on 12 March 2011. ## Facts - **What:** Nablus · 12 March 2011 (News story) - **Where:** [Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/nablus), [Huwara](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/huwara) - **When:** 2011-03-12 - **Media:** 31 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes - **Credit:** © apaimages / Sliman Khader, Wagdi Eshtayah - **Licensing:** Editorial licenses on request: https://apa.atyaf.co/pricing (sales@apa.atyaf.co). 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Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers check identity cards of Palestinians at a military checkpoint of Hawara near the West Bank city of Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006161) — APA-PH-2011-006161 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers check identity cards of Palestinians at a military checkpoint of Hawara near the West Bank city of Nablus on March 12, 2011. The Israeli army announced the Palestinian city as closed military zone following the killing of five Israelis settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers check identity cards of Palestinians at a military checkpoint of Hawara near the West Bank city of Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006162) — APA-PH-2011-006162 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers check identity cards of Palestinians at a military checkpoint of Hawara near the West Bank city of Nablus on March 12, 2011. The Israeli army announced the Palestinian city as closed military zone following the killing of five Israelis settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers launch a drone near the West Bank village of Awarta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006163) — APA-PH-2011-006163 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers launch a drone near the West Bank village of Awarta on March 12, 2011 as troops were hunting a suspected Palestinian who killed five members of an Israeli family at a settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers launch a drone near the West Bank village of Awarta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006164) — APA-PH-2011-006164 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers launch a drone near the West Bank village of Awarta on March 12, 2011 as troops were hunting a suspected Palestinian who killed five members of an Israeli family at a settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli troops operate in the West Bank village of Awarta, after five people were killed in the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006165) — APA-PH-2011-006165 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli troops operate in the West Bank village of Awarta, after five people were killed in the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar Saturday, March 12, 2011. A Palestinian infiltrated Itamar early Saturday and killed five people, the Israeli military said. Israeli media is reporting that the dead are all members of the same family with parents and three children aged 11, 3 and an infant, all report... - [Israeli troops operate in the West Bank village of Awarta, after five people were killed in the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006166) — APA-PH-2011-006166 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli troops operate in the West Bank village of Awarta, after five people were killed in the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar Saturday, March 12, 2011. A Palestinian infiltrated Itamar early Saturday and killed five people, the Israeli military said. Israeli media is reporting that the dead are all members of the same family with parents and three children aged 11, 3 and an infant, all report... - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006167) — APA-PH-2011-006167 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israelis soldiers watch on the roof of houses in the village of Awarta near the West Bank town of Nablus, March 12, 2011. A Palestinian infiltrated a Jewish West Bank settlement early killed five people, the Israeli military said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006168) — APA-PH-2011-006168 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israelis soldiers are seen in the street in the village of Awarta near the West Bank town of Nablus, March 12, 2011. A Palestinian infiltrated a Jewish West Bank settlement early killed five people, the Israeli military said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006169) — APA-PH-2011-006169 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israelis soldiers are seen in the street in the village of Awarta near the West Bank town of Nablus, March 12, 2011. A Palestinian infiltrated a Jewish West Bank settlement early killed five people, the Israeli military said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006170) — APA-PH-2011-006170 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah A Palestinian woman inspects damaged room after Israeli army stormed her house, arrested four of her sons in the West Bank village of Awarta near Nablus on March 12, 2011. The Israeli army arrested at least 18 Palestinians in the vicinity of Nablus city in the West Bank as the army searching for suspects of killing five settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. P... - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006171) — APA-PH-2011-006171 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah A Palestinian woman inspects damaged room after Israeli army stormed her house, arrested four of her sons in the West Bank village of Awarta near Nablus on March 12, 2011. The Israeli army arrested at least 18 Palestinians in the vicinity of Nablus city in the West Bank as the army searching for suspects of killing five settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. P... - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006172) — APA-PH-2011-006172 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Itamar behind the West Bank village of Awarta on March 12, 2011. An attack blamed on Palestinians killed five members of an Israeli family in their beds in Itamar, sparking a huge manhunt by the Israeli army. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006173) — APA-PH-2011-006173 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Itamar behind the West Bank village of Awarta on March 12, 2011. An attack blamed on Palestinians killed five members of an Israeli family in their beds in Itamar, sparking a huge manhunt by the Israeli army. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006174) — APA-PH-2011-006174 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006175) — APA-PH-2011-006175 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006176) — APA-PH-2011-006176 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006177) — APA-PH-2011-006177 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006178) — APA-PH-2011-006178 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006179) — APA-PH-2011-006179 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006180) — APA-PH-2011-006180 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus during a search operation on 12 March ,2011. The Israeli army announced the Palestinian city as closed military zone following the killing of five Israelis settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006181) — APA-PH-2011-006181 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus during a search operation on 12 March ,2011. The Israeli army announced the Palestinian city as closed military zone following the killing of five Israelis settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006182) — APA-PH-2011-006182 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus during a search operation on 12 March ,2011. The Israeli army announced the Palestinian city as closed military zone following the killing of five Israelis settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006183) — APA-PH-2011-006183 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus during a search operation on 12 March ,2011. The Israeli army announced the Palestinian city as closed military zone following the killing of five Israelis settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006184) — APA-PH-2011-006184 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus during a search operation on 12 March ,2011. The Israeli army announced the Palestinian city as closed military zone following the killing of five Israelis settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006185) — APA-PH-2011-006185 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli soldiers take position durin clashes between settlers from the Bracha settlement and Palestinian youths in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006186) — APA-PH-2011-006186 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006187) — APA-PH-2011-006187 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006188) — APA-PH-2011-006188 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIAN Settlers](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006189) — APA-PH-2011-006189 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Wagdi Eshtayah Israeli settlers from the Bracha settlement throw stones at Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Burin on March 12, 2011 during clashes after an overnight attack in which five members of an Israeli family were killed at the Itamar settlement, officials and media reports said. Photo by Wagdi Eshtayah - [Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-006240) — APA-PH-2011-006240 · photo · 2011-03-12 · Nablus, Palestinian Territories · © APA Images / Sliman Khader Israeli soldiers take position at Awarta Village south of the West Bank city of Nablus during a search operation on 12 March ,2011. The Israeli army announced the Palestinian city as closed military zone following the killing of five Israelis settlers in a nearby Jewish settlement, Palestinian witnesses said Saturday. Photo by Sliman Khader