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00:00 "Look at all that.
00:03 There's not a single house in the Janin camp that's not been hit by bullets."
00:07 Abu Talal is a former fighter.
00:10 Today he's our guide through the narrow streets of the Janin refugee camp, seen of almost
00:16 constant clashes with the Israeli defence forces.
00:20 "At least three people were killed in this mosque, and many more wounded.
00:27 The occupiers hit it with drones, and maybe also a missile fired from an Apache helicopter."
00:34 Amidst the rubble and dust, the graffiti of war is everywhere, as are the images of fallen
00:40 fighters - boys, most of them, too young to have known much else.
00:47 Not to forget, it says, referring to the Nakba of 1948, when so many Palestinians were driven
00:54 from their homes by the Israelis.
00:57 This is the centre of the Janin refugee camp, which is itself the epicentre of Palestinian
01:03 resistance on the West Bank to Israeli occupation.
01:07 Since the start of the war in Gaza, fighting in the occupied West Bank has surged.
01:12 One hundred and seven people have died in Janin alone.
01:16 Not even hospitals are sacrosanct.
01:19 On January 30th, CCTV cameras at the Ibn Sina hospital record the arrival of an Israeli
01:26 hit squad, disguised as nurses.
01:29 Among their targets, two brothers, members of the Janin brigade, one of whom was recovering
01:35 from his wounds.
01:38 Two months have passed since their deaths, too soon for the pain to have eased for Abir,
01:43 their mother, but loss seems only to have sharpened her desire for revenge.
01:48 "These are difficult days.
01:53 Above all, I miss my boys.
01:56 But thank God every time we lose a son, we give birth to a hundred more.
02:00 That allows us to be patient and resilient.
02:03 Thanks to God, Palestine gives us many children."
02:06 Abir's two sons are buried in a new cemetery.
02:12 It's almost entirely full of victims of the latest bout of fighting.
02:17 There's no shortage of men and women ready to die in this long conflict.
02:22 shortage either of grieving mothers with little left to hope for.