QALQILYA, April 3, 2018 (WAFA) – The Israeli army added a new section to the separation wall that surrounds the town of Azzoun Atmeh, southeast of Qalqilya in the north of the West Bank, further isolating it from its surroundings, a local council official said on Tuesday.

Abdul Karim Ayyoub, the town council secretary, told WAFA that the town has petitioned Israeli courts to stop the construction of the wall that already surrounds the town from all sides totally isolating it from nearby towns and villages.

Town residents can enter or leave the town from only one side that is controlled by a metal gate, which the soldiers open three times a day and for only 20 minutes each time.

He said the wall extends seven kilometers around the town and has isolated 2000 dunums of its rich agricultural land.

M.K.