The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday set up checkpoints on the roads leading to villages in western Bethlehem province practically isolating them from the outside world.
According to the PIC reporter IOF soldiers installed checkpoints in al-Khader town and near the entrance of Husan town in addition to Qabr Hilweh east of Bethlehem and strictly searched passing vehicles and citizens.
According to local sources from Husan town Israeli forces claimed that a Molotov cocktail was thrown at an Israeli settler’s car near the town. They added that the soldiers distributed warnings to the villagers that more restrictions would be imposed on the village and its inhabitants in the event such attacks recurred.
In a separate incident IOF soldiers raided at noon Wednesday Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem firing gas canisters in the process on Palestinian houses and school students which led to the suffocation of a number of civilians and students.
