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West Bank mourns five-year-old girl as settler violence flares

Tensions have risen in the occupied West Bank since Israel's seven-week war in Gaza.

Thousands gathered in the small West Bank town of Sinjil Monday for the funeral of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed on Sunday when a Jewish settler hit her in his car.

Enas Khalil was walking home from school when she was hit by a car driven by a 29-year-old Israeli from a settlement near Ramallah. The driver fled the scene.

The incident has caused outrage in the occupied West Bank, heightening tensions between Palestinians and Jews living in nearby settlements.

Enas’s body, wrapped in a Palestinian flag, was carried by a procession from her house to a local mosque where relatives and friends performed prayers before burying her. Israeli troops were deployed around the town's entrances in anticipation of possible protests.
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