NABLUS, April 23, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Wednesday evening tightened the movement restrictions at the checkpoints surrounding the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to WAFA correspondent.

She said that the occupying forces beefed up restrictions at the checkpoints surrounding the city and sealed off the intermittently staffed ‘Awarta checkpoint, south of the city, the permanently staffed al-Muraba’ah checkpoint, south of the city, and the Sarra checkpoint, west of the city, holding passengers for long time, checking their ID cards, inspecting vehicles, and causing traffic congestion.

The occupation forces have tightened military measures across the occupied West Bank hours after the release of 90 Palestinian prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire went into effect on January 19, dismembering and isolating cities and governorates from one another using military gates, barriers, and concrete blocks.

The Israeli military measures are in parallel with ongoing attacks by Israeli colonists across the West Bank to terrorize Palestinians and displace them from their lands to seize them and build illegal Jewish colonies that separate Palestinian communities.

Israel severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement within the occupied West Bank through a complex combination of approximately 898 fixed and flying checkpoints and gates, including 18 gates that have been installed since the start of 2025 and 146 others installed in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, settler-only roads, over 200 military bases, and various other physical obstructions.

Closures besides other measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 58-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project, which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.

K.F.