Israeli forces have closed two checkpoints in the northern occupied West Bank, preventing more than 100 Palestinian teachers from reaching schools, an education official said on Sunday.
Azmi Balawneh, director of education in Tubas Governorate, said 104 teachers were unable to reach their schools after Israeli forces had shut the Tayasir and Ein Shibli checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley, the official news agency Wafa reported.
He said the closure disrupted classes at six schools and a kindergarten attended by around 1,100 students.
Israeli forces have 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 occupied West Bank, closed its main entrance and arrested dozens of Palestinians, according to local sources.
The sources told Anadolu that a large Israeli force raided the village early Sunday, deployed across its neighbourhoods and searched Palestinian homes, alongside infantry units, military vehicles and a drone.
The closure of the village 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 occupier violence against Palestinians and their property in the area.
Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers have intensified attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
