The Israeli army on Monday declared the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank a closed military zone to prevent rising attacks by occupiers in the area, Anadolu reports.
“According to the army, the order prevents the entry of anyone who does not reside in the village or live in the surrounding area, while the decision does not apply to Palestinians who are residents of the area,” the public broadcaster KAN said, citing an order by Central Command chief Avi Bluth.
The broadcaster said the closure applies to Israelis and foreigners, barring them from entering the area.
Around 750,000 occupiers live in 156 illegal settlements and 360 settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and carry out almost daily attacks under Israeli army protection, which Palestinians say are aimed at forcibly displacing them from their areas.
In the first half of this year, Israeli occupiers carried out 3,488 attacks against Palestinians and their property, according to a recent report by the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission.
