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- Basma FM broadcasts real-time traffic updates to help drivers avoid Israeli checkpoints.
- A seven-person traffic team verifies checkpoint status and roadblock changes every few seconds.
- Heba Erkat recorded 61 checkpoints, noting only 12 were closed or congested.
- UN OCHA counted 925 West Bank barriers by December 2025, a 43 % increase.
- Israeli soldiers have killed Palestinians near checkpoints, claiming ramming attacks.