The Israeli soldiers are there to protect the road to Psagot and Beit El. Today, the hotel is home to Israeli army lookouts and snipers. Across town now, Nadia Khalil waits for her children to come home from school. She thinks of Martyrs' Crossroads. They're not as good as these other kids.
Wounds tell stories.
Since the violence erupted last fall, the center has been flooded with 600 patients wounded by Israeli gunfire. Throughout the West Bank, in addition to the fatalities, Palestinian medical officials estimate that as many as 10,000 people have been wounded. Israelis say that figure is high, but nonetheless agree that several thousand Palestinians have been hurt in the violence. One boy was shot in an eye. A man was shot in a shoulder, and the scattered bullet fragments look like stars on the X-ray.