Heavy military training today in the Valley

Today JVS volunteers have witnessed an increase in heavy military trainning in the north and central Jordan Valley. All day Israeli military war planes have been flying very low in the sky, tanks as well as buses carrying military personnal have been gathering, in what looks like preperations for a large military trainning exercise, particulalry near the Palestinina village of Samra. Amy flags have also been placed on the road side in this area.

This morning JVS volunteers and Palerstinian drivers had to wait over half and hour at Tayaseer checkpoint for the army to allow people to pass. At Hamra check point a JVS volunteer witnessed  6 Israeli army Jeeps and 3 buldozers on military vehicles driving through the check point on the road in the direction of tubas.

The army uses the Jordan Valley as its training area, and Palestinians are regularlry held for long periods of time at the check points however  today the JVS volunteers have witnessed an unusally high level of military activity by the Israeli colonialist army.

Tonight the army is even more present. Hundreds of soldiers, along with jeeps, bulldozers and tanks, are surrounding communities such as Furush Beit Dajan and Al Hadidiya.