Photo Credit: Andrew McIntire / TPS
Erez Crossing on the Israel-Gaza border

The IDF will impose its routine general closure on crossings in and out of Gaza and the Palestinian Authority areas during the Jewish holiday of Purim which begins Wednesday at sunset.

The closure begins, however, at midnight Tuesday night. It will end Saturday night at midnight.

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During that time, the crossings will be open solely for humanitarian, medical and other exceptional reasons.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.