Ramallah / Tulkarm /

The Israeli occupation forces carried out racist and punitive measures against Palestinian civilians in the cities of Ramallah and Tulkarm in the West Bank.

Main entrances to Ramallah-area village sealed by Israeli occupation forces for the eighth day in a row
The main entrances to the village of al-Mughayyer, east of Ramallah, remain sealed by the Israeli occupation forces for the eighth day in a row, according to local sources.

They said that as a result of the closure, residents of the village are forced to use alternate and long routes to enter or leave the village, which causes them serious hardships and long delays in reaching their destinations.

The closure of the roads is part of Israel’s collective punishment against the Palestinian villages, which are subjected to constant attacks by settlers, who damage property and cut trees, and raids by soldiers, who detain residents.

Occupation authorities to seize land in northern West Bank village

Alsi the Israeli occupation authorities today seized five dunums of land from Shufa village, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm.

Murad Droubi, a local activist, said that the occupation authorities handed over notices about the seizure of five dunums of the village’s land located along the road from Shufa military watchtower going north toward Avni Hefitz settlement, built on village land.

Droubi added village residents had previously filed an objection against seizing this plot of land but it was rejected.

He pointed out that the village is daily subjected to restrictions, aiming to control the rest of its land for the advantage of the afore-mentioned settlement, which has taken away thousands of dunums of its and neighboring villages' lands and is creeping at a fast pace toward the village.

The Israeli occupation authorities today seized five dunums of land from Shufa village, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm.

Murad Droubi, a local activist, told WAFA that the occupation authorities handed over notices about the seizure of five dunums of the village’s land located along the road from Shufa military watchtower going north toward Avni Hefitz settlement, built on village land.

Droubi added village residents had previously filed an objection against seizing this plot of land but it was rejected.

He pointed out that the village is daily subjected to restrictions, aiming to control the rest of its land for the advantage of the afore-mentioned settlement, which has taken away thousands of dunums of its and neighboring villages' lands and is creeping at a fast pace toward the village.