JERUSALEM: The Israeli military has announced it will impose a three-day blanket ban on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the Jewish New Year holidays starting on Friday. According to a statement issued by the army on Thursday, “The closure will begin after midnight on Friday and will be lifted before midnight on Sunday. During the closure, all checkpoints connecting Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip and Crossings will be closed. “Passing will be possible only for exceptional humanitarian and medical cases and under the approval of the Coordinator of Government Operations in the (Palestinian) Territories,” it said, Xinhua news agency reported. The move comes amid rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank. Israel often imposes complete closures on the West Bank and Gaza Strip during Jewish holidays, which it has observed since the 1967 Middle East war, often citing security reasons. I was captured.
