WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed on Saturday the entrance of a Palestinian house with barbed wire in Tel al-Rumeida neighborhood in the West Bank City of al-Khalil.
Imad Abu Shamsiya said that the IOF blocked the main entrance of his house with barbed wire to prevent his family members from entering or leaving in an attempt to force him and his family to leave the property and enable Jewish settlers to take it over.
He added that a number of armed settlers from the illegal settlement of Ramat Yishai, which was built on privately owned Palestinian lands in Tel Rumeida, intimidated his family and verbally attacked them.
Israeli forces also stormed Jurat ash-Sham’ah village in southern Bethlehem and set up a checkpoint at its main entrance near Al-Dama School, where it stopped and searched vehicles and checked the IDs of passengers.
Israeli soldiers also raided businesses in the same area of the village and checked their security camera recordings.
The IOF also stormed al-Khader town in southern Bethlehem and showered local residents, cars and homes with tear gas canisters and stun grenades. Several citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers forced the owners of bakeries and stores to close their doors and imposed a curfew on the town.
