QALQILYA, January 29, 2018 (WAFA) – the Israeli army set up a metal gate at the entrance to the village of Nabi Elias, east of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, according to a local source.
Ma’zouz Qaddoumi, from the municipality of Jayyous, a town adjacent to Nabi Elias, told WAFA that the metal gate was placed under a bridge on the road that connects Jayyous and Nabi Elias.
The army can close the gate at any time and block traffic on that road.
Qaddoumi said the Israeli military had prevented the municipality from paving that road vital to several villages since it connects them together and to other West Bank cities.
The military has put up metal gates at the entrance to almost every Palestinian village and town in the West Bank, which it uses to punish people by blocking movement of cars and sometimes of people across them.
K.T./M.K.
