JORDAN VALLEY: Colonists gathered on Monday at the junction of the Mikhola colony in the northern Jordan Valley in light of the occupation forces’ continued tightening and harassment at the entrances to the Jordan Valley villages.

Local sources said that groups of colonists gathered at the junction of Mikhola colony, amid fears that they would carry out more acts of violence in the area, after this area and its surroundings saw, last night and this morning, acts of violence that included stealing livestock from citizens and assaulting them in addition to planting trees near citizens’ lands.

Local sources from the village of Bardala also reported that the occupation forces have been tightening measures since yesterday at the main eastern entrance to the town and are conducting thorough searches of those entering and exiting in addition to completely closing the western entrance adjacent to Khirbet Ibziq with cement blocks.

Most areas of the northern Jordan Valley are seeing escalating violations by colonist
s, which include attacking citizens’ homes and assaulting them, in addition to chasing shepherds and preventing them from entering pastures, seizing their lands and preventing them from entering them by planting them or establishing agricultural and pastoral centers in them.

Since yesterday, the occupation forces have imposed a tight military cordon on the villages of the northern Jordan Valley, while many of them saw raids, combing and searching operations, under the pretext of searching for the perpetrator of the shooting attack in the Jordan Valley that resulted in the killing of a colonist.

These forces also tightened military measures at Tayasir and Hamra military checkpoints, which led to obstructing the movement of Palestinian citizens.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA