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Israel seals all West Bank land crossings for election day

About 9,000 Palestinians hold permits to work in settlements. The closures follow the Hebron attack and come alongside a wider lockdown of the territory.

Saturday 24 October 2026, 13:52 GMTWest Bank crossings3 layers · 1 min deep

The rebuilt Qalandiya checkpoint on its opening day
Qalandiya checkpoint, between Ramallah and Jerusalem, on its reopening, February 2019. Photo: Tereza Ces, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel said it would close all land crossings with the West Bank on 27 October, election day, and barred Palestinian workers from settlements from 25 October.

All land crossings with the West Bank will close on election day, France 24 reported, citing AFP.

From Sunday the army barred Palestinian workers from entering Israeli communities and restricted their movement across the West Bank, including to industrial zones.

The Times of Israel reported that about 9,000 Palestinians hold permits to work in settlements and that crossings would reopen after election day.

Over Friday and Saturday the army said it operated in 40 areas and detained about 40 suspects it linked to Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

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9,000Palestinians with permits to work in settlements

Source: The Times of Israel

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Anyone who messes with us will quickly understand that he will pay a painful price.
Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli finance minister, on X · France 24

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Wed 28 Oct

Crossings are due to reopen after the vote.

Source: The Times of Israel

Sources

  1. France 24 / AFP, 24 Oct 2026
  2. The Times of Israel (live blog), 25 Oct 2026

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