The Defense Ministry's Crossings Authority will conduct a security exercise at the HaLamed-He (Eliyahu) crossing tonight from 19:00 to 02:00. Highway 367 will be closed to traffic intermittently, and live fire and explosion sounds will be heard during the drill, according to a ministry statement. The exercise is not open to media coverage.
The Defense Ministry's Crossings Authority announced a security exercise at the HaLamed-He (Eliyahu) crossing tonight, Thursday, June 18, from 19:00 to 02:00. The drill will involve intermittent closures of Highway 367, and live-fire sounds and explosions are expected. The exercise is not open to media coverage, the ministry said.
The drill follows a similar security exercise at the same crossing earlier today, which The Zioneer covered at 12:20. That earlier exercise was also held at HaLamed-He and involved the same type of activity — intermittent road closures, live-fire sounds, and a media blackout. Tonight's drill appears to be a second round of the same planned training cycle.
The Crossings Authority has conducted a series of security exercises at border crossings across the West Bank in recent days, including drills at the Lachish crossing on June 12 and the Reihan crossing on June 11. These are routine, pre-planned exercises as part of the 2026 training program and do not indicate an imminent security incident.
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