Support for Lion’s Den grows as Israel maintains siege on Nablus
Israel continues its siege on the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, leading to economic losses while threatening to launch a military operation there.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Israeli army has imposed a strict siege on the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank since Oct. 11, blocking the city’s entrances with military checkpoints and earth mounds, while Israeli drones constantly hover over the city.
The siege came in the wake of a shooting attack carried out by the Lion’s Den group near Nablus in which an Israeli soldier was killed Oct. 11.
The siege, which Israel said will continue until further notice, has had economic repercussions on a city that has a particular industrial and commercial importance for the West Bank.
Bakr Shtayyeh, an economics professor at An-Najah National University in Nablus, told Al-Monitor, “Nablus is an important commercial and industrial city in the West Bank. It is home to 9,000 commercial establishments and 2,900 industrial facilities, which constitute one-fifth of the total commercial establishments in the West Bank.”
