Israel completes new stretch of security barrier in southern West Bank

The defense ministry says it has completed another 42-kilometer stretch of its security barrier in the southern West Bank.

In a statement, the ministry says the latest stretch was completed between the Palestinian town of Tarkumia and the Israeli settlement of Meitar.

Netanyahu last March ordered that a gap in the barrier in the Tarkumia be closed as a priority after a spike of Palestinian attacks inside Israel.

— with AFP

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