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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Israel Resumes Construction of Separation Wall in Southern West Bank

Part of the construction work on the separation barrier in the vicinities of Salem village on Israel’s northern border with the West Bank. (DPA)

The Israeli army announced Friday that its forces and engineering units launched the construction work on the southern West Bank section of the separation barrier between the occupied territories in 1948 and 1967.

The army said the step aims to prevent Palestinians from southern Hebron from entering Israel, under the pretext of “preventing and thwarting terrorist operations.”

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