The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday evening sealed off the northern entrance to al-Khalil province with a military checkpoint and cracked down on Palestinian civilians.
Reporting from the scene a PIC news correspondent said the Israeli forces set up a military checkpoint in Halhul Bridge area where Palestinian drivers and civilians had been subjected to intensive inspection.
The occupation soldiers have tightened grip on al-Khalil and closed off the city with makeshift checkpoints over the past few days.
A few hours earlier a military checkpoint had been pitched near the main entrance to al-Hawawer area between Halhul and the bypass road. Palestinian vehicles and citizens had also been made to endure exhaustive searches.
The Israeli military forces continue to cordon off the main entrances to Palestinian towns and villages in the occupied West Bank with hundreds of fixed and flying checkpoints severing the geo-social ties between the Palestinian communities in the area.
