The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed on Wednesday roads and tightened their security measures at checkpoints in the West Bank while a horde of extremist Jewish settlers rallied in the northern Jordanian Valley and chanted racist slogans.
According to local sources the IOF intensified its presence on the road between Jenin and Nablus and closed the entrances of Burqa town al-Massoudiya area and some side roads leading to them while a number of settlers spread in the same area.
In northern Ramallah Israeli forces closed the junction of Eyoun al-Haramiya and prevented Palestinian vehicles from traveling on the road that connects Ramallah with Nablus.
The IOF also stormed last night Attara town in northern Ramallah and kidnaped a young man from his home. He was reportedly released later.
On Tuesday the IOF closed several roads in northern Ramallah after a Jewish settler was injured in a shooting operation on Road 60 near the illegal settlement of Ofra.
In a separate incident dozens of settlers rallied at the military checkpoint of al-Hamra in the northern Jordan Valley where they chanted racist slurs against the Palestinians.
