Israel closes checkpoints, stranding over 100 teachers

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Israeli forces have closed two checkpoints in the northern occupied West Bank, preventing more than 100 Palestinian teachers from reaching schools, an education official said on Sunday. Azmi Balawneh, director of education in Tubas Governorate, said 104 teachers were unable to reach their schools after Israeli forces had shut the Tayasir and Ein Shibli checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley, the