Ramallah\/Istanbul (ANTARA) - Israeli troops have closed the only\nremaining access point to the village of Al-Mughayyir in the occupied\nWest Bank for 20 consecutive hours, preventing residents from both\nentering and leaving.<\/p>\n
The head of the Al-Mughayyir Village Council, Amin Abu Aliya, told\nAnadolu on Saturday that restrictions and attacks against residents and\nfarmers in the village have increased over the last 20 days. He stated\nthat the village\u2019s sole remaining access point is repeatedly closed in\nthe morning to prevent workers from going to their jobs, and closed\nagain in the afternoon to prevent those outside from returning home.<\/p>\n
According to Abu Aliya, these measures aim to create conditions that\nforce workers to remain outside the village, ultimately encouraging\nPalestinian residents to abandon the area. He reported that Israeli\nforces raided Al-Mughayyir on Friday with dozens of military and police\nvehicles alongside Israeli settlers, alleging that a settler\u2019s sheep had\nbeen stolen.<\/p>\n
Abu Aliya denied these allegations. However, Israeli forces continued\nto pursue Palestinian livestock owners, raided a house, and attempted to\nseize sheep, leading to clashes that left several Palestinians injured.\nHe added that Israeli forces have continued to block access to the\nvillage since the raid, also prohibiting ambulances and Civil Defence\nvehicles from entering the village during the closure.<\/p>\n
Abu Aliya further noted that while residents faced attacks in the\nsouthern part of the village on Friday, more than 50 Israeli settlers\nentered the northern area, attacking a Palestinian farmer and stealing\n25 sheep.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs\nwarned that Al-Mughayyir has been under a \u201cstrict siege\u201d for\napproximately 20 days. The Ministry stated that Israeli forces control\naccess through the village gates, sometimes only allowing residents to\nenter or leave for two hours each day.<\/p>\n
The restrictions and attacks carried out by Israeli settlers are\nintended to isolate the village and create conditions that encourage\nforced displacement, according to the ministry. On Friday, three\nPalestinians were injured in settler attacks in Al-Mughayyir, but\nIsraeli forces and settlers blocked ambulances attempting to transport\nthe wounded.<\/p>\n
The occupied West Bank has seen an increase in Israeli military\noperations and settler attacks against Palestinians since the outbreak\nof war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/israel-closes-access-to-al-mughayyir-in-west-bank-for-20-hours-1788087463", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }