Israeli Forces Block Teachers From Reaching Schools at Tayasir Checkpoint in Northern Jordan Valley
Key Takeaways
- Raids and checkpoints expanded across the West Bank.
- Detentions reported in Tulkarm and Beit Fajjar during raids.
- Blockade of teachers at Tayasir checkpoint reported by WAFA, reflecting West Bank movement restrictions.
Teachers Turned Back
Israeli occupation forces barred dozens of Palestinian teachers from reaching schools in the northern Jordan Valley by blocking access at the Tayasir checkpoint, according to WAFA and SANA.
“Israeli occupation forces carried out numerous invasions across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, targeting towns, cities, and refugee camps in several districts while abducting Palestinians, including children, blocking movement, and intensifying home break‑ins and military operations”
WAFA reported that Israeli troops prevented “around 100 male and female teachers” from reaching their schools in villages across the area, after obstructing access and then “completely shutting down the checkpoint to civilian traffic.”
WAFA said the incident was reported by Azmi Balawneh, the director of education in Tubas, and described the checkpoint closure as forcing teachers to “turn back and preventing them from reaching their workplaces.”
SANA similarly stated that Israeli forces blocked the Tayasir checkpoint, preventing “dozens of teachers” from reaching schools in the northern Jordan Valley, with local education officials saying “around 100 teachers were turned back after the checkpoint was fully closed.”
IMEMC News and WAFA both placed the teachers’ access issue alongside broader West Bank operations, with IMEMC describing movement restrictions and military roadblocks in the same period.
In the same reporting window, WAFA’s account also tied the checkpoint closure to the wider pattern of raids and restrictions across the West Bank.
The incident was dated to Thursday, April 23, 2026, with WAFA placing the report at “23/April/2026 10:44 AM.”
Raids and Checkpoints
Beyond the teachers’ access restrictions, multiple reports described Israeli forces intensifying raids, checkpoints, and movement restrictions across the West Bank on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
SANA said Israeli occupation forces continued operations across the West Bank, “carrying out arrest raids and tightening movement restrictions through additional checkpoints,” and it cited arrests in Tulkarm and Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem.
SANA reported that Israeli troops detained two Palestinians in Tulkarm after raiding their homes, and arrested “another man and his two children in Beit Fajjar.”
It also said forces stormed towns in Hebron, including Beit Ummar, Idhna, Dura and Deir Samet, searching dozens of homes and arresting “10 people, including a lawyer.”
In the Jerusalem area, SANA said Israeli forces entered Silwan, Bir Nabala and Ras Shihadeh, while “no clashes or arrests were reported.”
IMEMC News added further detail on the same day, describing invasions in occupied Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jenin, Hebron, and Tulkarem, and it said soldiers installed a military roadblock at Aqabat Hasna, the main entrance to Battir, Nahalin, Husan and Wadi Fukin.
In parallel, Yaffa News Network described a run-over incident in Husan, west of Bethlehem, and it named Mohammed Ahmed Hamamra (20 years old) as the person run over by an Israeli occupation police patrol before being arrested.
Named Detainees and Vehicle Incident
Several of the reports provided named individuals and specific circumstances tied to arrests and injuries during the raids.
“Occupied Jerusalem, April 23 (SANA) Israeli occupation forces continued operations across the West Bank, carrying out arrest raids and tightening movement restrictions through additional checkpoints”
Yaffa News Network said a young man was injured after being run over by an Israeli occupation police patrol in the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, and it identified him as Mohammed Ahmed Hamamra (20 years old), adding that the patrol ran over him “inside the village and then arrested him.”
Yaffa News Network stated that security sources reported the patrol acted “without knowing his health condition,” and it described the incident as occurring on Thursday.
In the Hebron governorate, Yaffa News Network reported that Israeli occupation forces arrested six citizens, including a female lawyer, during raids on several areas, and it named Osama Imad Ikhleil (29 years old) and Ali Mohammed Ikhleil (30 years old) after raids on Beit Ummar.
It also named Tamer Zahir Abu Jheisheh and Ahmed Awawdeh after raids on Idhna, and it said that in Dura and Deir Samet, southwest of Hebron, forces arrested lawyer Sarah Abu Saleh and Atef Awawdeh.
In Bethlehem, IMEMC News described the abduction of Maher Awni Taqatqa, 42, along with his two children, Awni, 10, who “suffers from a skull fracture,” and Shahir, 12, after soldiers searched their home.
SANA’s account aligned with the vehicle incident in Husan, saying “an Israeli patrol struck a young Palestinian with a vehicle before detaining him; his condition remains unclear.”
Stun Grenade and Family Pointing
IMEMC News described an incident in occupied Jerusalem in which soldiers surrounded a vehicle while a young man was with his family, then used a stun grenade and pointed weapons during the abduction.
The report said Israeli occupation forces invaded the towns of Silwan south of Al‑Aqsa Mosque, Bir Nabala in the northwestern part of the city, and the Ras Shehada neighborhood in the town of Anata to the east.
It then described the separate incident in the industrial area of Wadi al‑Joz in central occupied Jerusalem, saying forces abducted a young man after surrounding his vehicle while he was with his family.
IMEMC stated that “Witnesses said the soldiers fired a stun grenade to disperse residents and pointed their weapons at the family during the abduction.”
WAFA’s account, while focused on the northern Jordan Valley teachers’ access, also placed the day’s events within a broader set of Israeli actions that included raids and arrests in Jerusalem and other areas, listing “Israeli forces detain Palestinian man in Jerusalem, surround family's vehicle” among its related items.
Yaffa News Network similarly described a Jerusalem Governorate report about forces surrounding a vehicle traveling with a family, adding that “those forces threw a sound grenade to disperse citizens and pointed weapons at his family members at the scene.”
In the same Jerusalem-related reporting, Yaffa News Network said occupation forces arrested a young man from the Wadi al‑Joz industrial area in central occupied Jerusalem “last night,” and it described the surrounding of the vehicle and the use of a sound grenade.
Escalation and Wider Impact
IMEMC News said the invasions targeted “towns, cities, and refugee camps in several districts” while abducting Palestinians, including children, and it described “blocking movement” and “intensifying home break‑ins and military operations.”
It also stated that “These developments come amid ongoing daily invasions, widespread abductions, movement restrictions, and a continued rise in colonizer violence across the occupied West Bank.”
WAFA’s report on the teachers’ access issue similarly described Israeli troops obstructing access and then shutting down the checkpoint to civilian traffic, forcing teachers to turn back, which directly affected daily work and access to schools.
SANA described the same day’s pattern as “tightening movement restrictions through additional checkpoints,” including new checkpoints at Aqabat Hassaneh, the main entrance to Battir, Nahalin, Husan and Wadi Fukin, where soldiers stopped vehicles, inspected IDs, and restricted movement in and out of the area.
Yaffa News Network added that occupation forces stormed multiple towns and raided dozens of homes, searching them and tampering with contents, and it described arrests across Hebron governorate towns including Beit Ummar, Idhna, Dura and Deir Samet.
While the sources do not provide a single forward-looking policy decision, they do emphasize the operational continuation of raids and restrictions, with IMEMC explicitly describing “ongoing daily invasions” and “widespread abductions.”
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