Hebron, South Hebron Hills
Road 317 was empty and windswept when we descended from it to a dirt road from which we were going to bring medicine to Abu Saif in Wadi Ramim. We saw from his house the terraces with his wheat on the other side of the wadi, some of which were eaten by the sheep sent by the settler Israel. Israel's farm stands out on the ridge on the other side of the wadi but today he did not bring out the sheep to graze, perhaps due to the wind and dust in the air.
On the way to Hebron, at the junction with Road 60, a police checkpoint which checked every Palestinian car in the direction of Hebron. On our way back the checkpoint was no longer there.
A similar police checkpoint, backed by a female soldier with a drawn weapon and a police officer with an iPad! checked vehicle licenses at the entrance to the Kiryat Arba industrial zone. Of course, Israeli cars enter without inspection.
The Givati Brigade is now in Hebron. Increased military presence of both vehicles and groups of soldiers and groups of police officers seen at the briefing. Maybe ahead of Passover. Apart from them, the streets are empty and desolate.
The shops opposite the entrance to the Cave of the Patriarchs were opened, in some hope for tourists. So far none.