Large forces of the Israeli occupation army stormed, at dawn today, the city of Jericho and Aqabat Jabr camp, amid violent confrontations. The occupation forces stormed the Aqabat Jaber camp and spread in its alleys and on the roofs of some houses. They also stormed the city of Jericho and spread in several neighborhoods of it. The city of Jericho and Aqabat Jabr camp witnessed violent confrontations, during which the occupation soldiers fired live bullets and sound and gas bombs at the citizens. The Israeli occupation forces continue to close all entrances to Jericho for the third day in a row, and erect military checkpoints at all entrances, impeding the movement of citizens. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported, quoting eyewitnesses, that the occupation soldiers set up military checkpoints at all entrances to Jericho, and impeded the movement of citizens, while the southern entrance to the city witnessed confrontations, during which the Israeli army fired tear gas canisters at demonstrators and vehicles, killing a number of people. from cases of suffocation. They also mentioned that the city of Jericho is witnessing traffic crises at all its entrances, as a result of the influx of thousands of citizens to the city, which is considered a resort and a place of entertainment for the people of the West Bank, Jerusalem and the occupied interior during the holidays. The occupation authorities had taken strict measures to prevent the people of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem from entering Jericho during the blessed Eid al-Fitr holiday, under flimsy security pretexts.
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