Zionist settlers block dirt road east of Tubas with rocks

TUBAS, June 28 (YPA) –Zionist settlers blocked a dirt road with rocks last night east of the city of Tubas in the northern West Bank, disrupting the movement of Palestinian residents and their vehicles.

Palestinian sources that the settlers placed large rocks across the unpaved road connecting the city of Tubas with the hamlet of Khirbet Yarza, east of the city, obstructing travel along the route.

The attack comes amid a surge in assaults by Israeli forces and settlers across the occupied West Bank.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and settlers carried out 1,659 attacks during May.

The commission said settlers were responsible for 551 of those incidents, which included attacks on Palestinian residents, their property, and agricultural land across various governorates in the West Bank.

According to the commission’s data, around 750,000 Israeli settlers live in the occupied West Bank, distributed across 141 settlements and 224 settlement outposts. Of these, approximately 250,000 settlers reside in 15 settlements established east of Quds (Jerusalem).

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