QALQILYA, November 14, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Thursday evening erected checkpoints to the east of the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, according to eyewitnesses.
They said that the occupation soldiers set up checkpoints at the entrances of the an-Nabi Ilyas, al- Funduq, Jit and Hajja, in addition to another checkpoint at the eastern entrance of the city, obstructing Palestinians’ movement along the main road linking Nablus to Qalqilya, inspecting vehicles, checking 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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