Israeli settlers set up tents in northern Jordan Valley: report

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Israeli settlers have set up tents in Khirbet Umm al-Jimal in the northern Jordan Valley, Al Jazeera cites the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

The head of the village council of al-Maleh, Mahdi Daraghmeh, told Wafa the settlers came with livestock, set up several tents and placed them near the tents of local residents in Umm al-Jimal.

Since Sunday, Israeli forces have imposed a military cordon on the villages in the north, saying they are searching for the perpetrator of a shooting that occurred in the northern Jordan Valley.

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