Israeli settler march shuts down Palestinian areas in Hebron Israeli settlers staged a provocative march along a bypass road east of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Sunday evening, triggering the closure of several Palestinian neighbourhoods as Israeli occupation soldiers blocked residents from accessing their own streets. Local sources speaking to Wafa said dozens of extremist settlers marched out from the Kiryat Arba settlement and moved towards the Ras and Harat al-Ja’bari areas. Israeli forces sealed off roads to Palestinians, citing Jewish celebrations, effectively placing entire neighbourhoods under lockdown. The settler mobilisation coincided with a tightened Israeli military siege across parts of Hebron’s Old City and the surrounding area of the Ibrahimi Mosque. Soldiers imposed movement restrictions, disrupted daily life and heightened tensions across the city. Such marches, routinely protected by Israeli forces, form part of a wider pattern in which settlers roam Palestinian areas with military backing, while residents face closures, intimidation and collective punishment in their own communities.