Colonial Israeli settlers block main entrance to the town of Deir Ballout

Army-guarded colonial Israeli settlers closed off this evening the main entrance to the town of Deir Ballout, located west of Salfit, according to local sources. The sources reported that a group of settlers gathered around the Israeli military checkpoint at the town's entrance, closing the road with stones under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. The closure resulted in the local Palestinian residents being unable to enter or leave the town through its main entrance, forcing drivers to user longer routes into and out of the town. The incident is yet another example of the violence experienced daily by vulnerable Palestinian communities living in proximity to the colonial Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA