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Israeli forces continue to forcibly close the for the third day, blocking its entrances and surrounding roads andÌýisolating its residentsÌýand the population of several neighbouring villages.
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The Israeli military closure of Silwad beganÌýlate on Saturday following a shooting attack on an Israeli settlers'Ìýbus on Road 60Ìýnear the town.ÌýNo casualties were reported.
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Ìýbefore blocking one of the town's entrances with mounds of dirt and closing the other entrance with a checkpoint.

Witness: Occupation forces return vehicles after closing the entrances to Silwad town, east of Ramallah

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Ìý"The closure has begun to create sanitary problemsÌýas we can't access the town's dumpsite and get rid of solid waste," Raed Hammad, mayor of Silwad told °®Âþµº.

"Food stocks are still available at this stage, but if the closure continues for long, stores might begin to run low on food and other daily life products," the mayor said. "It is mostly employees in companies and institutions living in Silwad who are affectedÌýas they can't go to work."

" that not only affects the 10,000 people of SilwadÌýbut of all neighbouring villages who use the same roads to access the city," he added.Ìý

"On Saturday, out of Silwad very early in the morning, so I took the bus to college," Israa Zyadeh, a third-year student of Public Administration , told °®Âþµº.
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"At the checkpoint, the soldiers stopped us for 42 minutes, checking our papers and forcing some passengers down the bus," Zyadeh said.

"They arrested five men from the bus I was on.ÌýOne of the arrested was a student," she added.

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Early on Monday, were forced to turn back after waiting to be allowed to cross for an hour at the Silwad entrance checkpoint, mostly from neighbouring villages.

The town of Silwad has been at the centre of Israeli raids and closures in recent months.

during a raid into the town to arrest wanted Palestinians.

In late June, Ìýand Ìýbefore returning it to the family.
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Recently in July, Israeli forces arrested twenty Palestinians from Silwad in a night raid, marking one of the largest arrest raids into a single Palestinian town in recent years.

, including a personal status courthouse and other government offices.

In contrast, it is one of the most targeted Palestinian towns by Israeli forces'Ìýraids in recent years, with and hundreds arrested by Israeli forces.

Israeli occupation forces stormed Silwad town, east of Ramallah, and arrested a number of Palestinians, today morning.

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Road closures are a common Israeli policy used inÌýthe occupied West Bank, often leading to the closure of entire towns for long periods. ".
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In June, Israeli forces forcibly closed the village of Aboud, west of Ramallah, for more than two weeks. In November of 2021, Israeli forces closed the village of Deir Nizam, northwest of Ramallah, for more than two months.
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, there are around 700 IsraeliÌýroad obstacles restricting the movement of PalestiniansÌýin the occupied West Bank.