Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Clashes broke out, on Tuesday evening, with the Israeli occupation forces, in Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah.

According to press sources, the occupation soldiers fired live and rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas and sound bombs at the citizens, without any injuries reported.

The occupation forces also closed the entrance to the village of Deir Abu Mishaal, west of Ramallah, and set up a military checkpoint at the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh, and in the vicinity of several villages and towns in the governorate, namely: Nabi Saleh, Aboud, Silwad, Yabroud, Ras Karkar, and Al-Taybeh, and checked the citizens’ identities. Their vehicles were searched.

The occupation forces also intensified their presence in the vicinity of "Halamish" settlement, which is located on citizens' lands, west of Ramallah and Al-Bireh.