Israeli forces blocked Palestinian teachers from arriving to to schools in Masafer Yatta in the southern Hebron hills, on the first day of class of the year on Monday.
The two schools are located in the villages of Jinba and Fakheet, part of the larger village conglomeration of Masafer Yatta, serving some 100 students from 13 villages.
"On Sunday, teachers tried to reach both schools to prepare for the first day of class on Monday," Nidal Younis, mayor of Masafer Yatta, told The New Arab. "Israeli forces stopped the teachers, forced them to go back and confiscated their vehicle."