The Israeli army has been closing main entrances to towns and villages west of Ramallah province for several days in response to recent shooting attacks in the West Bank according to local sources.
A Palestinian official source said that the Israeli army’s closure of main roads to villages and towns in Ramallah paralyzed the movement of vehicles and individuals.
Shuqba town official Sami Thabet said that these road closures delayed citizens trying to reach their destinations including schools and workplaces and forced them to either return home or use longer routes.
Thabet told Quds Press that the Israeli army closed the main roads to Shuqba Rantis Aboud Deir Nidham and Nabi Saleh with concrete blocks and mounds of dirt and rocks.
He noted that two main roads to Shuqba town were sealed off.
For their part the Palestinian Authority police stated on Tuesday that the Israeli army continued to close several arterial roads and entrances connecting Ramallah city with its towns and villages as well as with areas in the north and south of the West Bank.
The Israeli media recently reported the exposure of two Israeli vehicles to shooting attacks near the settlements of Dolev and Ofra which were established illegally on annexed lands in Ramallah.
The closure of West Bank towns and villages is part of the mass punishment policy pursued by the Israeli military and security authorities against the Palestinian natives following any attack against settlers or soldiers.
