NNA - The Israeli occupation forces tightened the military measures on Tuesday at most of the entrances and exits of the governorates in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources reported to WAFA that the occupation tightened its measures around Ramallah and Al-Bireh, as it closed the Birzeit-Attara road with cement blocks, and Kafr Malik road, to vehicles heading to the cities of Jericho and Nablus, and impeded the movement into and out of the city.
The occupation army set up several military checkpoints north, northwest and east of Ramallah, where it inspected vehicles and checks people' ID cards at the Nabi Saleh gate checkpoint northwest of the city.
They also set up a checkpoint at the gate of the village of Aboud northwest, and at the entrance to the village of Ein Siniya north, and impeded movement at the Atara al-Balad checkpoint north of the city.
The occupation continues to close the entrances and exits of Jericho, and obstructs exit from it.
Meanwhile, the occupation army tightened its military measures at Tayasir and Hamra checkpoints in the Jordan Valley, and impeded the passage of vehicles through them, which created a major vehicle crisis at the checkpoints.
Since yesterday, the two checkpoints have been seeing strict and unprecedented measures, which has negatively affected the daily lives of citizens.
The occupation army also set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to Al-Manshiya, southeast of Bethlehem, and stopped vehicles, inspected them, and checked the IDs of their passengers, while hundreds of civilians waited in long lines to be allowed to pass.
The entrance to Al-Manshiya is the only exist for the villages of the southern countryside of Bethlehem to reach the city center, but the occupation forces often deliberately close it with an iron gate.
The occupation forces closed the Jaba military checkpoint, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in both directions, which caused a stifling traffic crisis, and attacked civilians' vehicles that tried to take rough dirt roads around the checkpoint, and attacked one of the vehicles, smashing its glass and seizing its keys.--WAFA
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