The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has extended the closure on the West Bank for 24 hours following the violent confrontations between unarmed citizens commemorating the Nakba on Sunday and soldiers violently quelling them.
The Israeli radio said on Monday that war minister Ehud Barak has decided to extend the closure for one more day after consultations with his chief of staff.
The Israeli security forces would remain deployed in various areas of 1948 occupied Palestine in anticipation of further rallies, according to Barak's instructions, the radio said.
It noted that the deployment would especially concentrate in the northern areas, Jerusalem, and entrances to cities and on main roads, adding that only emergency cases would be allowed to enter 1948 occupied land from the West Bank.
