Reports of a two kilometer backlog extending from the Za’tara checkpoint to the Beita village road and two hour waits angered residents traveling to work and school. Smaller backlogs were reported at the Beit Furik and At-Tanib (New Beit Iba) checkpoints.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was unaware of any officially mandated increases in security measures in the area, but was able to confirm an accident between a settler car and a Palestinian civilian vehicle.
Witnesses said the settler car collided with the vehicle of a young Nablus man, and thereafter fled the scene. Medics with the Palestine Red Crescent Society identified the injured man as 25-year-old Ahmad Shalhoub, who was evacuated to the Rafidiya hospital in Nablus for treatment of light wounds. Full story