<article data-history-node-id="448397" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/comprehensive-closure-israel-shut-down-all-west-bank-crossings-wafa" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/comprehensive-closure-israel-shut-down-all-west-bank-crossings-wafa" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'Comprehensive closure': Israel to shut down all West Bank crossings, Wafa reports</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces have tightened restrictions around the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, closing roads and entrances to several towns and villages, Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p>The development comes after Israeli authorities decided to impose a “comprehensive closure” on the West Bank and close crossings into the territory until Saturday for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.&nbsp;</p> <p>Local sources told the agency that the entrance gate to Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, was closed and residents were “harassed”.</p> <p>Wafa also reported that entrances to Aboud, Nabi Saleh, Atara and Taybeh were closed, while military checkpoints were set up at the entrances to Yabroud and Ein Sinyah.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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