Security forces regularly step up their preparedness prior to the holidays, imposing closures on the West Bank and Gaza as there is often an uptick in tensions and violence.
A PALESTINIAN POLICE officer gestures as he stands next to a truck carrying clothes for export at the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / REUTERS)ByANNA AHRONHEIMUpdated:
