Israel deployed extra forces to the town of Qusra outside of Nablus in the West Bank in an attempt to protect a Palestinian-American-owned home from Israeli settlers who were besieging it after pressure from the United States , NPR reported on Aug. 13. Meanwhile, the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group Hamas said it would stand in the Palestinian Legislative Council's Nov. 28 elections, though it was unclear whether it would do so under its party name or a new label.