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Palestinian mom fights to stave off punitive home demolition

By JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press
Published: June 7, 2021, 10:21am

TURMUS AYYA, West Bank — Sanaa Shalaby says she had no idea what her estranged husband was up to until Israeli soldiers raided her home in the occupied West Bank last month.

Now she’s waging a legal battle to prevent Israel from demolishing the two-story villa where she lives with her three youngest children.

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