NABLUS, February 15, 2018 (WAFA) – The Israeli military sealed off all secondary roads that lead to town of Beita, south of Nablus in the north of the West Bank, in a step considered collective punishment, a local official said on Thursday.

Mayor of Beita, Fouad Maali, told WAFA that army bulldozers blocked the secondary roads with dirt making them impassable and left only the main road to the town open. He said the closed roads connect Beita with neighboring villages and towns.

Maali said the measure was a collective punishment move since the military claims town  youths throw rocks at Israeli army vehicles and settler cars passing on a main road by the town.

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