The Israeli occupation army’s blockade of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho continued for a ninth consecutive day on Sunday.
Makeshift military checkpoints were set up last week by the Israeli army at all the main entrances and side roads leading to Jericho.
Such a measure has resulted since then in heavy build-ups of traffic as soldiers thoroughly inspected drivers and commuters’ identity cards and their belongings.
Meanwhile the Israeli army continued on Sunday to impose movement restrictions at the Hamra checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley for the 23rd consecutive day.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint stopped and checked the papers of passengers in vehicles impeding their access to their workplaces and farms.
More than three weeks ago the occupation forces tightened measures at several checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley including al-Hamra and sealed all dirt roads used by farmers to reach their lands.
Long lines of vehicles are seen every day waiting to cross the checkpoints with some people saying that sometimes it takes them more than an hour to pass.
