Israel Sets Up 898 Military Checkpoints in the West Bank to Paralyze Movement
January 28, 2025
The Media Observatory of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Israeli Crimes against the Palestinians recorded, between January 21-27, 2025, the recovery of 264 bodies of Palestinians murdered in the Gaza Strip. During this period, 37 Palestinians were murdered by bullets and shells of the occupation forces in Gaza, the West Bank and occupied Al-Quds. More than 492 Palestinians were wounded in various Palestinian areas. As of January 23, 2025, the total number of Palestinian murdered since October 7, 2023, had risen to 48,156, while the number of wounded reached 118,172.
In the Gaza Strip, it became clear that 95% of Palestinian homes in Beit Lahia had been destroyed and became uninhabitable, in light of the return of displaced Palestinians from the central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip to its destroyed northern area.
In this context, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reaffirmed its continued support for Palestinian refugees despite the significant challenges facing the agency, the latest of which was the closure of the Indian Corner Clinic in the Bab al-Sahira area in Al-Quds due to the Israeli ban imposed on UNRWA operations. It is worth noting that the clinic, which was established in 1948, was part of the healthcare network for Palestinian refugees.
In the West Bank, the city of Jenin and its refugee camp were subjected to continuous Israeli aggression. The occupation forces bulldozed a street and several commercial stalls in the vicinity of the roundabout in the center of the city. Israeli helicopters fired machine guns at Palestinians, and drones bombed an empty vehicle and gatherings of individuals in the camp. The Israeli occupation forces also surrounded the government hospital with earth mounds, and bulldozed the entrances to the towns of Yamoun and Silah al-Harithiya, in addition to bulldozing Jaffa Street, which connects the city of Jenin and its western villages.
The OIC Observatory recorded the arrest of 253 Palestinians by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank and occupied Al-Quds, while the occupation forces set up 898 checkpoints and obstacles to movement in all areas of the West Bank. This situation mimics the closures implemented during the period between 2002-2005, through which the occupation forces deliberately prevent direct access between Palestinian cities and villages and eight main roads passing through the West Bank in a plan aimed at paralyzing the movement within the West Bank. The occupation authorities also completely separated occupied Al-Quds from the West Bank.
On the other hand, the occupation army demolished 12 homes and 6 shops in Al-Quds, Nablus, and Jenin, burned a house in Jenin camp, and demolished an agricultural room and two water wells in Nablus. The occupation forces delivered a notice to close the shops in Al-Funduq village from Monday last week until January 30, 2025, in preparation for the demolition of a number of shops.
On another front, the occupation authorities issued a decision to confiscate 15 dunums of Palestinian land in the vicinity of the Al-Zaim checkpoint in Al-Quds. In Salfit Governorate, the Israeli occupation confiscated a truck, and a bulldozer, while a private car was confiscated in Tulkarm. The occupation forces also bulldozed a plot of agricultural land measuring about 30 dunams in the northern mountain of the village of Jit.
With regard to settlement activities, last week witnessed two settlement activities, where settlers bulldozed land and placed a number of mobile homes and arbors, in an attempt to establish a new settlement outpost. Others near the Ain road in the village of Qaryut established settlement pastoral and agricultural projects that include a pen for cows and sheep, in addition to planting olive seedlings on an area of about 20 dunams. They also brought an agricultural tractor and other agricultural equipment to the site.
The number of settler attacks on Palestinian towns and villages reached about 51 attacks, during this period. Settlers stormed the villages of Jinsafut and Al-Funduq in Nablus, attacked Palestinian homes, set fire to vehicles, a bulldozer, parts of homes, a nursery, and a carpentry shop on the main Qalqilya-Nablus road. They also burned a vehicle in Hebron, and severely beat several Palestinians. In the town of Nahalin, settlers cut the branches of about 50 fruitful olive trees, while others released dogs to attack Palestinians in the village of Kisan in Bethlehem. Others stormed the Khalayel al-Loz area and released a flock of sheep on agricultural land, destroying about 5,000 cauliflower seedlings. Settlers stole more than 103 heads of sheep in Jericho and Salfit, while other settlers released their sheep on Palestinian land to devour their crops.
Thus, the number of crimes committed by Israelis during the period between January 21-27, 2025, reached 1,630 crimes in various Palestinian areas.