Schools shut as Israel forces hunt for West Bank shooting suspect
Huwara, Palestinian Territories – AFP
Schools were shut Sunday in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara as Israeli troops searched for the suspected killer of an Israeli father and his son who were shot dead over the weekend.
The two Israeli men were gunned down Saturday at a car wash in Huwara, in the latest attack to rock the territory where violence has surged this year.
Israeli media identified the two as Shay Silas Nigrekar, 60, and Aviad Nir, 28.
Nablus’s acting governor Ghassan Daghlas ordered the closure of Huwara’s schools “after requests from parents who are afraid of reactions from settlers”, he told AFP.
“Whenever an attack occurs that negatively affects the residents of Huwara… settlers break in, hurl rocks and smash cars,” local resident Ashraf Odeh told AFP.
“The army can do nothing for you because its priority is to protect the settlers before it protects us.”
On Sunday, Israeli forces also blocked access to the nearby villages of Beita and Aqraba as their manhunt continued, an AFP correspondent reported from the area.
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