NABLUS, November 12, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Tuesday evening tightened their military restrictions around the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local and security sources.
They said that the occupation forces sealed off the permanently staffed checkpoint at the western entrance of Deit Sharaf in both directions, under the pretext of carrying out an attempted stabbing attack.
The occupation forces also tightened access restrictions at the permanently staffed checkpoint of al-Muraba’ah and intermittently staffed checkpoint of ‘Awarta, southwest and south of Nablus respectively, stopping Palestinian-registered vehicles, inspecting passengers’ ID cards and causing heavy traffic jams.
Israel severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement through a complex combination of over 100 fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, settler-only roads and various other physical obstructions.
Closures besides other measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 57-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.
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