The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday threatened Palestinian natives of Jenin’s western town of Zabouba in the northern West Bank with collective punishment.
Reporting from the scene a PIC news correspondent said the occupation soldiers pitched a military checkpoint on the Jenin-Haifa road near the main entrance to Zabouba and subjected Palestinian civilians to exhaustive interrogation before they threatened to enforce harsh penalties in case anti-occupation stone-throwing attacks and protests are spotted in the area.
The Israeli military forces further threatened to tighten the noose around Zabouba to slap a tough military cordon and to rescind work permits if anti-occupation protesters show up near the apartheid fence.
Located near the Israeli Salem military base Zabouba town has been a hot flashpoint and breeding ground for clashes between the heavily-armed occupation patrols and the Palestinian anti-occupation stone-hurlers.
