Bangkok: Illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles Saturday in the village of Ein Yabroud, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank.
According to Anadolu Agency, a group of illegal settlers blocked the path of Palestinian vehicles in the village and attacked them while Israeli forces were present. The agency stated that the attack did not result in any injuries.
Separately, the Israeli army closed the four entrances to the city of Jericho in the eastern West Bank, leading to severe traffic gridlock and the accumulation of hundreds of vehicles, eyewitnesses reported without clarifying the reason for the closure. They noted that some of the dirt roads drivers attempted to use had illegal settlers present, forcing many people to turn back.
A total of 916 permanent and temporary Israeli checkpoints cut through cities and towns across the occupied West Bank, including more than 243 iron gates erected after the start of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, which continued for two years. Many Palestinians in various areas of the West Bank are compelled to use multiple means of transportation between cities and villages due to Israel's closure of dozens of gates it has installed across the region.
Israeli forces and illegal settlers have killed at least 1,097 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, injured nearly 11,000, and detained around 21,000 since October 2023, based on Palestinian figures. In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.