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IDF closes off Negev’s Ramon Crater due to ‘activity of the defense establishment’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
View from a hiking trail in the Ramon Crater, in southern Israel, on November 3, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)
The Israel Defense Forces says it is closing off the Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon Crater) from this evening at 7 p.m. until Wednesday at 10 a.m., due to “activity of the defense establishment.”
Additionally, the Route 40 highway between Mitzpeh Ramon and the town of Shitim, and the nearby Route 13 highway will be shuttered temporarily tomorrow and on Tuesday.
The IDF says the roads will close for up to two hours between 6:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and completely between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., on both days.
The IDF has previously closed roads in southern Israel when it has conducted tests of various weapons in development.
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