Israeli Forces Close Main Entrances in Husan, West of Bethlehem, With Earth Mounds

Israeli occupation forces closed main entrances in Husan, west of Bethlehem, blocking the entrances to Al-Muteena, Al-Mushahid, and Kroum Al-Sharaqa with earth mounds and stone blocks on Tuesday evening, according to a municipal source cited by WAFA.

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Rami Hamamreh, head of the Hussan Village Council, told WAFA that the occupation forces unleashed barrages of toxic gas canisters and sound bombs at villagers, and he said no injuries were reported.

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Shehab reported that Israeli forces closed the entrances to Al-Matina, Al-Mashhad, and Karom Al-Sharaqah with earth berms and concrete blocks, and said the forces assaulted residents and fired tear gas and sound bombs at them, also with no reported injuries.

WAFA said the closures came hours after the release of 90 Palestinian prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire went into effect on January 19, and it described the restrictions as tightened under the pretext of and since the onset of the Israeli-Iranian war.

In the occupied West Bank, Alencontre said Israel imposed a total military lockdown, closing all checkpoints in the West Bank and blocking roads between towns and villages with iron barriers and mounds of dirt a few hours after the war began on Saturday morning, February 28.

Alencontre reported that on Sunday, March 1, soldiers distributed leaflets announcing a preventive security cordon around the Judea and Samaria region, prohibiting movement between different districts of the West Bank until further notice.

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A Ramallah resident told +972 magazine, as quoted by Alencontre, “It is impossible to leave,” adding that soldiers detained and searched the resident after stopping them on an attempted route.

In Duma, east of Ramallah, the mayor Hussein Dawabsheh told Alencontre that “The army prevents workers and students, children and the sick from entering and exiting,” and he said cooking gas and foodstuffs were also barred from entry.

Alencontre said that as Palestinians remained confined, Israeli settlers continued to move freely, intensifying attacks on Palestinian communities across Area C, and it cited Yesh Din as recording at least 50 violent episodes committed by settlers in 37 different Palestinian communities within the first four days of the war.

“BETHLEHEM, June 2, 2026 (WAFA) — Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening closed the main entrances to the village of Hussan, west of Bethlehem, according to a municipal source”

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The outlet described the deadliest attack as occurring Monday, March 2, in the village of Qaryut near Nablus, after settlers began to uproot olive trees to build a new road near Palestinian houses and residents tried to intervene.

Alencontre reported that the settlers first threw stones at residents and then opened fire, killing two brothers, Muhammad and Fahim Muammar, aged 52 and 48 respectively, and it said ambulances could not reach the village and evacuate the wounded for more than an hour due to army roadblocks.

Bashar Qaryuti, a village activist and doctor, told Alencontre that “The settlers enjoyed total protection from the occupying army, which had provided them with a retreat plan,” and he said the army intervened only after the event was over and then arrested.