The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday evening announced Tel Rumeida neighborhood in al-Khalil city a closed military zone during the presence of Jewish settlers there.
According to local sources the neighborhood was closed off as hundreds of Jewish settlers started to flock to the archeological park.
Earlier on the same day settlers pitched a tent near the park in Tel Rumeida.
Tel Rumeida neighborhood is one of the oldest inhabited areas in the world and part of al-Khalil Old City. UNESCO considers the neighborhood an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territories and a world heritage site.
