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Foreign travel advice The Occupied Palestinian Territories
Warnings and insurance Still current at: 15 October 2024 Updated: 14 October 2024 Latest update: New information on terror attacks and risk of falling fragments or debris from intercepted missiles (‘Safety and security' page)
Areas where FCDO advises against travel
Gaza
FCDO advises against all travel to Gaza.
Areas near Gaza
FCDO advises against all travel to the area close to the border with Gaza that includes:
- south-west of Ashkelon
- south of route 35 and west of route 40 as far as Tlalim, not including Be’er Sheva
- west of Be’er Sheva
- north of route 211
The West Bank
FCDO advises against all travel to the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem and Route 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Northern Israel
FCDO advises against all travel to:
- north of Acre, north of Route 85 to the northern tip of the sea of Galilee and north of Route 87 in the Golan Heights.
- the Sheba’a Farms and Ghajjar
- within 500m of the border with Syria (the ‘Alpha Line’)
- The Israeli military has announced that within 5km of the border with Lebanon is a closed military zone and entry is prohibited. Recently evacuated communities in northern Israel:
- Beit Hillel
- Dan
- Eilon
- Even Menachem
- Goren
- Granot Ha’Galil
- HaGoshrim
- Liman
- Matsuva
- Ramot Naftali
- Sasa
- She’ar Yeshuv
- Snir
- Tzivon
The rest of Israel and the OPTs
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the rest of Israel and the OPTs.