Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An Israel Border Police checkpoint at Jericho's southern entrance, 2005 Map of West Bank checkpoints in 2020. An Israeli checkpoint (Hebrew: מחסום, romanized: makhsóm; Arabic: حاجز, romanized: ḥājiz) is a barrier erected by the Israeli Security Forces, primarily today part of the system of West Bank closures in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The policy was prompted by the killing of eight Israeli civilians in attacks in the two months to 29 July 1985. Deportation of West Bank and Gaza Strip Arabs to Jordan and Lebanon was among the policies considered. [14] Ultimately 36 Palestinians were deported between August 1985 and April 1986 under the policy. [15]
Checkpoint 300. Checkpoint 300 (Arabic: حاجز 300, romanized: Ḥājiz 300, Hebrew: מחסום 300, romanized: Machsom 300), also known as the Bethlehem checkpoint, the Gilo Checkpoint, or the Rachel's Tomb checkpoint, is a major Israel Defense Forces checkpoint at one of the main exits of Bethlehem. [1]
Checkpoint (original title: Machssomim) is a 2003 documentary film by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, showing the everyday interaction between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians at several of the region's Israel Defense Forces checkpoints.
In 2005, Israelis of the Gush Katif Israeli settlements were evacuated as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, and all Israeli restrictions on internal movements ceased. In 2007, Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, after which Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade of the Gaza Strip and largely closed its borders.
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...
The Palestinian Authority protested Israel's decision, arguing that it would rather Israel dismantle the synagogues. [63] On September 11, a ceremony was held when the last Israeli flag was lowered in the IDF's Gaza Strip divisional headquarters. [64] All remaining IDF forces left the Gaza Strip in the following hours.
The IDF has denied CNN’s requests for the full unedited drone footage from February 29. All eyewitness videos obtained by CNN were recorded in darkness, so offer a limited view into what ...