Palestinians defy Israeli decision to shut down West Bank elementary school

Israeli soldiers stand in front of the gate of a Palestinian school after they close it, near Nablus in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Oct. 15, 2018. Dozens of Palestinian students and their families including officials, headed to al-Lubban/al-Sawiyeh school in the north of the West Bank Monday morning in defiance of an Israeli army order to close the school. While Israeli soldiers closed the roads leading to the school to prevent the students from reaching it and fired tear gas canisters at the protesters. (Xinhua/Ayman Nobani)