RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 09, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces closed today a major road connecting the northwest villages of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, WAFA correspondent said.

He said that Israeli soldiers closed the metal gate set up at the entrance of the village of Nabi Saleh, which residents of several area villages usually use to travel to Ramallah and other towns forcing them to look for alternative roads to reach their destination.

The army closed the road to allow Jewish settlers to hold celebrations near the illegal Israeli settlement of Halamish built on area Palestinian land, marking the 71st anniversary of the establishment of Israel, the exact date known to Palestinians as the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe) Day.

Israel imposed a total closure on all the occupied Palestinian territory for this day.

K.T./M.K.