Crushed to Death at an Israeli Checkpoint

A Palestinian man was crushed to death today at an Israeli checkpoint. Here is more from a news report:

A Palestinian man died inside of an Israeli checkpoint in the northern West Bank while en route to his place of work in Israel on Sunday.  

Witnesses told Ma'an that 59-year-old Adel Muhammad Yakoub from the northern West Bank village of Balaa died as a result of extreme overcrowding inside the Ephraim/Taybeh checkpoint.  

They highlighted that some 10,000 Palestinian workers cross through the checkpoint every day and that inspection procedures at the checkpoint go very slowly causing dangerous levels of overcrowding inside the checkpoint.  

The victim left behind a wife and seven children, aged 11-16. He is reported to have suffered from heart disease.

Here are a few images showing what that particular checkpoint looks like:

 

 

 
Photos by Dylan Collins

What possible excuse can there be for caging people like animals? There is none.

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