Israeli forces prevent students from reaching school near Qalqiliya
QALQILIYA (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers stationed near a Qalqiliya-area village prevented students from reaching school on Sunday morning, a local official said.
Israeli soldiers stationed at the checkpoint at the entrance to Azzun Atma village in the northern West Bank prevented students from neighboring Beit Amin village from attending their school inside Azzun Atma, chairman of Beit Amin village council Taqi Omar told Ma'an.
He said that on Sunday morning students had left for school in Azzun Atma like on any other day, but Israeli soldiers stationed at the entrance to the village prevented the male students from passing, even as they allowed the female students to go.
Omar added that they had informed the education directorate in Qalqiliya as well as the Palestinian liaison of the incident.
An Israeli spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
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