An-Najah News - Hasan Breijieh, from the Settlements and Wall Resistance Commission said that Israeli occupation forces sealed off with barbed wire and a metal gate the ancient Jabal al-Firdis, also known as Herodion and separated it from the village of Beit Tamar near city of Bethlehem.

this will affect Palestinians access to the site, which has been controlled by Israel and turned into a national park.

Jabal al-Firdis is famous for the Herodion fortress which was built by King Herod in the year 40 BC.