(VOVworld) - The Israeli army locked down a village in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as it searched for a Palestinian suspected of stabbing a Jewish man from a nearby settlement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot visit construction work on the fence between Israel and Jordan. February 9, 2016.  (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

An army’s spokesperson said only humanitarian cases would be let in and out of Nahalin, southwest of Bethlehem and a short distance from the settlement of Neve Daniel.  The man, in his 20s, was reportedly stabbed while jogging.

Israel plans to construct a security fence around Israel amid tensions in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said while he walked around near the border with Jordan as he visited the construction work site for the fence between Israel and Jordan. He also said he will cancel the construction of Israeli security barrier in the West Bank.