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Israeli military checkpoints erected in al-Khalil

Friday 28-October-2016

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) erected Friday afternoon a number of checkpoints at the entrances to al-Khalil to the south of West Bank.

Eyewitnesses affirmed that several Palestinian vehicles were stopped and searched at an Israeli military checkpoint near Halhul Bridge in the city.

Two Iron Gates were also closed while another military checkpoint was erected to the west of the city the sources added.

Israeli forces were also deployed in large numbers in different areas in the city which led to the outbreak of violent clashes after Friday prayers.

Meanwhile Israeli settlers stormed Einbos town south of Nablus under the protection of Israeli forces in total provocation to local farmers who were harvesting their olive trees in the area.

Along the same line Israeli forces arrested a local farmer from his agricultural land in Qusin town west of the city and forced several others to leave their lands.

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