ISRAEL imposed a three-day lockdown on the occupied West Bank yesterday, punishing Palestinians collectively for Wednesday’s gun killings in Tel Aviv.

The Israeli military said the West Bank would be closed off until the Jewish holiday of Shavuot ends at midnight on Sunday, except for “humanitarian” and medical cases and for some worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque in east Jerusalem.

Palestinian men over 45 and women of all ages were allowed access to the mosque for the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, but men between 35 and 45 needed permits from Israeli occupation forces and men younger than that were banned.