Israeli military closes entrance to Palestinian village near Bethlehem in West Bank again

The Israeli military closed the entrance again to the village of al-Manshiya, southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank, on Wednesday evening, reported Wafa news agency.

Khadr Abu Diyeh, head of the al-Manshiya village council, told Wafa that Israeli forces shut the village’s entrance with an iron gate just one day after briefly re-opening it.

Abu Diyeh added that this gate is the sole way to access the road between Bethlehem and the south.

Israel has placed the West Bank under lockdown, sealing the entrances of cities and villages with iron gates and concrete barriers since it started bombing Iran, decreasing mobility for Palestinians who do not have equal access to bomb shelters that others in Israel do.