A Palestinian workman died on Sunday after waiting at ad-Dhahiriya (Meitar) crossing in the occupied West Bank for long hours in order to go to his workplace in the Negev.
Local sources in ad-Dhahiriya town told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that 30-year-old Yousef Awaisa died of a severe heart attack at the Israeli crossing that leads from al-Khalil to the Negev.
Several human rights NGO have accused Israel of forcing Palestinians to withstand “cruel and inhuman” conditions at its crossings and checkpoints.
