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Foreign residents evacuated from Israel after missile strikes cross at the Taba Land Port, a border crossing on the eastern border with Israel, to Egypt, June 19, 2025. (AP)
June 23, 2025, 3:43 am
Despite travel warning, most returning Israelis are coming home via Jordan and Egypt
Over 70,000 Israelis have got back since start of war with Iran; 39,000 of them entered via land border crossings with two Arab neighbors
By Sharon Wrobel
Police stand guard at the site of a mass shooting in Oslo, early June 25, 2022. (Javad Parsa/NTB via AP)
October 12, 2024, 9:44 pm
Norway introduces temporary border checks amid threats to Jewish, Israeli targets
Police say new measures a result of domestic security agency’s decision to raise threat level; will not be applied to all travelers
By AP and ToI Staff
A border guard officer controls the vehicles entering Finland at the border checkpoint crossing in Vaalimaa, Finland, on the border with the Russian Federation on September 29, 2022. (Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP)
September 29, 2022, 11:03 am
Russians rush to flee country amid draft, fearing borders will soon ‘close forever’
‘The mobilization is a first sign that something worse might happen,’ says Oleg, a bar owner from Moscow; around 17,000 Russians left to Finland last weekend
By Viken KANTARCI and Elias Huuhtanen
Illustrative: View of the barrier along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 8, 2021. (Flash90)
July 29, 2022, 3:12 pm
‘I thought everyone held guns’: Gazan girl makes rare Israel visit to face her fears
In rare event, 12 year old with PTSD from conflict permitted to visit with dad, meet Israelis; ‘Unfortunately there are children in Gaza who think monsters live in Israel,’ he says
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces guard as Palestinians make their way through an Israeli checkpoint near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on April 22, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
May 1, 2022, 2:15 pm
IDF to close West Bank, Gaza crossings for Memorial and Independence days
Border crossings for Palestinians to reopen ‘subject to a situational assessment’; exceptions to be made for humanitarian cases
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians make their way through the Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, to attend Friday Ramadan prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, which sits atop the Temple Mount, on April 8, 2022. (Flash90)
April 20, 2022, 9:17 pm
IDF shutters West Bank, Gaza crossings to Palestinians on last days of Passover
Worshipers to still be allowed into Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque, subject to existing restrictions; officials to reconvene to determine exact hour closure ends
By Emanuel Fabian
The Israeli Jalameh checkpoint in the northern West Bank, on April 8, 2022. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/File)
April 14, 2022, 8:43 pm
IDF to shutter West Bank, Gaza crossings for Palestinians on first day of Passover
Military says officials will reconvene Saturday night to decide whether to maintain closure for entire holiday, following several recent deadly terror attacks
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security forces stand guard at the Gilboa/Jalama checkpoint, located north of the West Bank town of Jenin, on October 24, 2015. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
September 22, 2021, 12:21 pm
Israel reopens West Bank crossing for first time since jailbreak
Jalama crossing has been closed since 6 Palestinian security prisoners, who have since been recaptured, escaped on September 6 from nearby Gilboa Prison
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Border Police officers and an IDF soldier at a temporary checkpoint in Jerusalem on April 14, 2020, ahead of the start of a nationwide closure for the Passover holiday. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 12, 2020, 6:42 am
As infection rises among Arab Israelis, Defense Ministry bans entry to PA areas
Israeli health officials have blamed Arab Israelis entering Palestinian Authority areas for spread of contagion; nearly 40% of active infections in Israel now in Arab sector
By Aaron Boxerman
Arab women enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv on August 4, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 13, 2020, 4:58 am
Israel said barring Palestinians again after turning blind eye for beach weekend
West Bank residents trying to cross border reportedly turned away with tear gas and smoke grenades after thousands entered last week with tacit approval from Israeli authorities
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Border Police officers stand guard at a West Bank checkpoint on April 22, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
August 3, 2020, 6:11 am
Three border guards arrested on suspicion of robbing, assaulting Palestinians
Suspects allegedly attacked, demanded cash from West Bank residents seeking to enter Israel via a southern crossing; Israel Police says if suspicions confirmed they will be booted
By ToI Staff
Estonian national Roman Trofimov, in the Manila, Philippines, airport. (Courtesy)
July 9, 2020, 3:29 pm
Estonian man finally heads home after living in Philippines airport for 110 days
Tourist Roman Trofimov spends months in a tiny room in Manila departure terminal after being refused entry during coronavirus lockdown; ToI’s sister site Zman helps get him home
By Ira Tolchin Immergluck
Illustrative: Palestinians illegally cross the border fence into Israel on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Hebron, August 6, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
September 28, 2019, 6:43 am
Dozens of West Bank Palestinians cross into Israel in illegal border breach
Saboteurs burn parts of fence, damage mechanical gate in the second such incident this week
By ToI Staff
The Yitzhak Rabin Border Terminal at the Wadi Araba crossing between Israel and Jordan. (CC BY 2.5, Wikipedia, NYC2TLV)
August 25, 2018, 12:49 am
German man says was detained at border, questioned about ‘Palestinian blood’
Shin Bet disputes Nadim Sarrouh’s account of interrogation when entering Israel from Jordan, says he was suspected of ‘hostile activity’
By ToI Staff
Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 9, 2017. (AP/Dan Balilty)
December 13, 2017, 7:48 pm
In rare remarks to Saudis, minister says Riyadh could broker peace deal
Yisrael Katz also envisions rail link between Haifa and Gulf to bypass Iran, in interview with London-based Saudi-owned news site
By Sue Surkes
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