Published October 19,2023
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The Israeli military is finishing up a plan to show Palestinian cities within the occupied West Bank into “ghettos,” Palestinian residents advised Anadolu on Thursday.
“The army is seeking to fully control the West Bank by erecting roadblocks and military checkpoints,” Abdullah Abu Rahma, an area activist, advised Anadolu.
The military “is also using settlers to attack Palestinian vehicles and populated neighborhoods,” he added.
Israeli officers have spoken of flare-ups within the West Bank in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been underneath a large Israeli air marketing campaign since Oct. 7.
“Israel is taking advantage of the global preoccupation with Gaza to implement an old plan to turn the West Bank into ghettos,” Abu Rahma mentioned.
For years, Israeli settlements within the West Bank-which are unlawful underneath worldwide regulation-have sought to divide Palestinian land, making a contiguous Palestinian state more durable and more durable to assemble.
Israel launched continuous airstrikes on the Gaza Strip following an Oct. 7 cross-border assault by Hamas on Israeli border cities.
At least 3,478 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli assaults on Gaza, whereas the determine stands at greater than 1,400 individuals in Israel.
Gaza is dealing with a dire humanitarian disaster, with no electrical energy, whereas water, meals, gasoline, and medical provides are rapidly working out.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has referred to as for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” to ease the “epic human suffering.”
“As Israel closes roads, I take side roads through villages and fields to reach my workplace in the central city of Ramallah,” Azzam Jabr, a Palestinian driver from Tulkarm within the northern West Bank, advised Anadolu.
“Many roads are closed, which forces us to take side roads,” he added.
“Walking on main roads is also dangerous due to attacks by Israeli settlers,” Jabr mentioned.
Alongside the Gaza battle, Israel has launched a mass arrest marketing campaign throughout the occupied West Bank.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, an area nongovernmental group, since Oct. 7, round 850 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces within the West Bank.
Source: www.anews.com.tr