JERICHO, Tuesday, February 28, 2023 (WAFA) – The ancient city of Jericho, east of the occupied West Bank, is under Israeli military siege for the second day in a row and travel for Palestinians across the only land crossing abroad through Jordan is obstructed, Palestinian security sources told WAFA.

They said that the two main entrances to Jericho have been closed since yesterday following the shooting and killing of an Israeli settler on a highway near Jericho and the escape of the shooter.

Palestinians trying to leave the city or enter it and those wanting to travel abroad that have to go through Jericho have not been able to do so and are held for a long time at the military checkpoints erected at the roads accessing the city.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces raided last night Aqbat Jabr refugee camp, on the southern outskirts of Jericho, and searched homes.

Jericho and the refugee camp were the scenes of a tight blockade earlier this month and a bloody army assault on the refugee camp that left five Palestinians dead.

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