Word: burqa
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Meanwhile, in the areas of the West Bank still under Israeli rule, the occupation authorities have launched a crackdown. Palestinian residents were forbidden to travel outside their hometowns. In the village of Burqa and the refugee camp of El Fawwar, where three of the four bombers lived, troops herded together every man and teenage boy and forced them to sit on the ground awaiting questioning. All male relatives of the bombers, down to and including first cousins, were detained for interrogation. The Israelis renewed an old and widely criticized practice of sealing the family homes of terrorists in preparation...