Israel severely restricts access to, from Ramallah

For the first time in the current terror wave, the Israel forces imposed a partial closure on Ramallah on Monday, Haaretz reported.
 
Exit from the city is permitted for laborers with Israeli work permits, the transfer of goods, humanitarian cases (the sick, pregnant women and others) and for Palestinian officials, in coordination with Israeli authorities.

Entry to the city is blocked for anyone other than residents of the city and Israeli Arabs. 

Israeli military officials decided after a security assessment late Sunday night to block entry to Ramallah for all non-residents, just hours after a Palestinian police officer from Ramallah shot and wounded three Israelis in the area. 

On Monday afternoon it emerged that exit from Ramallah is being restricted as well. 

Tens of thousands of Palestinians visit the city daily from the area of Jerusalem and from across the West Bank. This is the first time since the wave of terror began in October that the IDF as surrounded a Palestinian city. 

According to a military source, the restrictions were not only imposed because of Sunday's shooting but also due to security warnings issued for the area and shooting attack cases that have yet to be solved.     
The decision to close off the city, which is both the West Bank's economic and political center, was made in accordance with instructions from the political echelon.

Source: MENA