RAMALLAH, Sept 20 — The Israeli army has closed two checkpoints in the northern West Bank, preventing more than 100 Palestinian teachers from reaching schools, an education official said Sunday, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Azmi Balawneh, director of education in Tubas Governorate, said 104 teachers were unable to reach their schools after the army shut the Tayasir and Ein Shibli checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley, the official news agency WAFA reported.
He said the closures disrupted classes at six schools and a kindergarten attended by around 1,100 students.
The Israeli army closed the two checkpoints as part of broader military restrictions across the occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, closed its main entrance and arrested dozens of Palestinians, according to local sources.
The sources told Anadolu that a large Israeli military force raided the village early Sunday, deployed across its neighbourhoods and searched Palestinian homes, supported by infantry units, military vehicles and a drone.
The closure of the village’s main entrance disrupted school attendance and prevented workers and employees from reaching their workplaces, they added.
Al-Mughayyir has witnessed repeated Israeli raids and attacks amid escalating violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property in the area.
Since the start of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Israeli army and settlers have intensified attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. — Bernama-Anadolu
