Israeli occupation forces shut down checkpoint near Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces shut down late on Saturday the Jaba checkpoint, in northeastern occupied Jerusalem, to the Palestinian traffic, allegedly after a Palestinian driver rammed his car into Israeli soldiers manning the checkpoint and injured four of them, Wafa news reported on Sunday.

Israeli media sources claimed that four Israeli soldiers were injured – three of them lightly and one moderately – in a hit-and-run attack, prompting Israeli army and police to close the checkpoint to the Palestinian traffic and close the entrance to the nearby village of Hizma, under the pretext of tracking the attacking driver.

Meanwhile, Israeli army banned the entry and exit of Palestinian vehicles to and out of the village following the incident, causing a huge traffic jam as a result.