West of Nablus and southeast of Shave Shomron settlement, between villages of Beit Iba and Deir Sharaf, has operated since 2001. One of three permanent checkpoints that close off the city (in addition to Beit Furik to the east and Huwwara in the south).
Since March 2009 there is no presence of Israeli security forces at the checkpoint and passage is free for Palestinian.
