Ramallah: An elderly Palestinian man has died at an Israeli checkpoint after soldiers refused his son pass through to take him to the hospital.

65-year-old Adel Amarnah was declared dead at the Jenin Government Hospital upon arrival. Amarnah is said to have died of a heart attack. Faraj Amarnah said that Israeli soldiers refused to check his father’s condition.

“Only after my father died, did the soldiers allow us to cross the checkpoint,” he said. Israeli soldiers have been sealing the entrances and exits of Yaabad near Jenin for seven consecutive days, in what has been seen as collective punishment of the entire town.

Israeli forces accuse the townspeople of throwing stones on the cars of Israeli colonists who cross a main street near the town.

Meanwhile, ongoing clashes between members of rival families in Jenin have been occurring. During the fighting, Islamic Jihad leader Shaikh Mahmoud Al Sa’adi attempted to intervene to put an end to the clashes. Palestinian security forces then acted to arrest the wanted man, shooting him and firing tear gas to subdue him.

The crowd then shielded the bleeding Al Sa’adi, resulting in the injuries of several people. While Al Sa’adi evaded arrest, his two sons were injured and subsequently captured and sent to prison.