IDF chief recalls reservists to West Bank as settlers defy military order to end Qusra siege

IDF chief of staff Eyal Zamir ordered infantry reservists back from leave to reinforce West Bank troops on August 12, after regional commander Gen Avi Bluth's pledge to lift a settler siege on two Palestinian families in Qusra went unfulfilled. Soldiers removed the settlers' tent but withdrew, leaving settlers outside the home. The siege began August 9.