NABLUS, Monday, October 14, 2019 (WAFA) – Residents of the northern West Bank town of Sebastia were warned by Israeli forces against confronting Jewish settlers who break into their town, today said a local official.

Sebastia mayor, Mohammad Azem, told WAFA that soldiers raided several homes in his town and threatened to shoot or arrest anyone who is going to stand in the way of the Israeli settlers as they break into the town during the Jewish holiday.

He said the Israeli soldiers raid his town almost daily to prevent the municipality from proceeding with a tourism project at its archeological site under the claim that it makes it difficult for the settlers to reach the historical site and to hold Jewish rituals there.

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