Awarta made international headlines after the Itamar attack of 11 March 2011 , when five members of the same family were killed in the nearby Israeli settlement of Itamar and Awarta was declared a closed military zone , due to suspicions that the perpetrators were residents of the village . According to the Israeli newspaper '' Haaretz '' , Palestinian sources reported that Israeli military forces took all of Awarta 's men in for questioning , including two officers of the Palestinian security forces , making " wholesale arrests " . As a reaction to the attack , masked Israeli settlers infiltrated the village and threw stones at homes , before being dispersed by the Israel Defense Forces
Itamar attack
Itamar attack
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