Israeli forces occupy one house in Beit Jala town in the West Bank municipality of Bethlehem to use as a military post, late Sunday night.
The house is the home of the Qissia family, and is located near the Orthodox club west of Beit Jala. It was occupied when army troops and vehicles stormed the town, they positioned snipers and heavy weapons on the roof, eyewitnesses reported.
The Israel’s reinstalled the military checkpoint on the western entrance of the town while the near by city of Bethlehem, Al Khader town and Dihasha refugee camp, witnessed military activity all night following the assassination of a resistance fighter inside Bethlehem , local sources reported.