The barriers have detrimental effects on Palestinians’ lives, restricting movement and access to healthcare and education, according to the report.
Israel has erected close to 1,000 new barriers in towns and cities across the occupied West Bank since it began its genocidal assault on Gaza two years ago, the Washington Post reported.
The paper cited the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, a Palestinian governmental body, as saying that “916 gates, barriers and walls have been installed” since October 2023. At the same time, Israeli military raids have also increased, along with the killings of over 1,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian figures.
Since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, Israel has installed nearly 1,000 new barriers across cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission. The 916 gates, walls, and checkpoints have further… pic.twitter.com/mUTZOlos4h
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 30, 2025
In early September, the report stated, the United Nations said it had “documented the installation of 18 gates” in the West Bank, some of which block roads connecting the northern and southern parts of the occupied territory. This forces 3 million Palestinians “to take long detours, with a 20-minute journey now taking more than an hour.”
Destabilize ‘Sense of Security’
In addition to the gates, other obstacles such as large earth mounds and concrete blocks are also placed in the middle of the roads, “preventing cars from going around them” as well as restricting freedom of movement for Palestinians and “access to healthcare and education.”
Despite residents saying that the barriers have “detrimental” effects on their lives, the Israeli military claimed they are meant to “manage and monitor” rather than restrict people, the report stated.
Israeli occupation army install an iron gate at the entrance to the village of Beit Awwa, south of Hebron. pic.twitter.com/4RgoSuDWal
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 28, 2025
A gym owner from the village of Deir Dibwan said that “Under the current circumstances, everything has been cut off. Everything has stopped,” with people prevented from attending his gym.
Surveillance Cameras
In the village of Aboud, residents told the paper that the entry gates “are closed between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. every day, preventing students from going to university and people from going to work.”
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Mohammad Shalatweh, a taxi driver, said this was part of the “occupation’s strategy to destabilize the people’s sense of security.” While in the village of Sinjil, Eyad Jameel, a restaurant owner, expressed concern that every time his son leaves for the main city, he fears he might not return. He said the Israeli authorities “don’t always open them, they just close them and trap everyone.”
Israeli occupation forces are stationed at barriers at times, with some gates also equipped with surveillance cameras.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
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Notice how my comment ends abruptly with “on the necks of the non-Jews and support th……. here is my end to that sentence where I was cut off- “their genocide in Gaza!!!