Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces closed shops in the town of Huwara, south of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the occupation forces forced the owners of shops to close them, amid an intensive deployment of the occupation army on the main road in the town.
Wafa stated that the occupation pushed additional reinforcements from its forces, and kept some points as military barracks, stressing that the Huwara checkpoint is witnessing a suffocating crisis in both directions due to the tightening of the occupation forces' military measures.
It is noteworthy that the Directorate of Education in southern Nablus decided to suspend schools in the towns of Huwara and Madama and convert working hours to electronic, following events in the town.
On Sunday, the Israeli army announced that two Israelis were wounded in a shooting in the town of Huwara and arrested the attacker, noting that one of them was seriously wounded.
The operation came as Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for talks aimed at calming escalating violence.
On 26 February, Huwwara witnessed unprecedented attacks by settlers, killing one Palestinian, injuring dozens of others, and burning and destroying dozens of homes and cars, after two settlers were killed in gunfire near the town.
Since the beginning of the year, the West Bank has been witnessing escalating tension, which has led to the death of 89 Palestinians, including 17 children, a woman and a prisoner in Israeli prisons, in addition to the death of 14 Israelis.