Za'tara (Tapuah)

Junction of Routes 60 and 5 (Trans Samaria Highway), east of Tapuah settlement. This checkpoint is the borderline between north and central West Bank set by the IDF according to the quarantine policy functioning since December 2005. Through it pass vehicles and pedestrains in both directions in separate lanes for Israelis, which are not checked, and Palestinians. Operates 24 hours a day.
(Updated April 2010)
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