Travel advice for Palestine

Australia advises avoiding all travel for Palestine.

Avoid all travel to Palestinian Autonomous Areas because security is unstable and community clashes are a risk. Avoid the northern West Bank, and avoid the Gaza Strip and leave it. Travel elsewhere in the West Bank only if essential. In Jerusalem, exercise heightened caution, especially in the Old City, East Jerusalem and Olive Mount; avoid demonstrations and openly expressing political or religious sympathies, and use public transport cautiously.

Avoid all travel to Palestine because the security risk is very high and may worsen with little or no warning; the advice explicitly covers the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Travellers who go anyway should seek professional advice in advance, as departure from the West Bank may be restricted at short notice and consular help may be severely limited. In Jerusalem, remain alert to missile, rocket, drone and terrorist attacks.

Germany advises avoiding all travel for Palestine.

Avoid travel to Palestine because the regional security situation is unpredictable and journeys may become impossible at short notice. The entire West Bank and Gaza Strip are in the highest, avoid travel category, and visitors to Gaza should leave immediately. Violent clashes and fatalities occur at military checkpoints and Israeli settlements, military operations may reach larger Palestinian cities, and tensions may rise in East Jerusalem and the Old City area.

Do not travel to Palestine because Israeli security operations and settler violence create serious risks. Do not travel to the West Bank, except that non-essential travel should be avoided in East Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah; avoid all travel to Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas. Military operations in Gaza pose serious risks even to civilians taking shelter, while Jerusalem faces possible confrontations near the Al-Aqsa Compound during religious holidays.

Defer all travel to the Middle East because of the escalating security situation. Remain vigilant in Israel and prepare for flight and travel disruptions. Avoid all travel to Israel's borders with Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Gaza Strip, the Old City, East Jerusalem, Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and areas of large crowds; avoid non-essential travel to the West Bank. Rocket fire, shootings, bombings, violent incidents and border closures are risks.

Leave Palestine because serious, uncontrolled security conditions make travel dangerous. Gaza and bordering areas face intensive military operations; the West Bank has armed clashes and violent incidents, while terrorism and kidnapping near Gaza and Egypt add further danger. Avoid Gaza, the Gaza-Egypt border, a 10-kilometre strip along the Lebanon and Syria borders, and the West Bank, with particular caution in Ramallah, Nablus, East Jerusalem and the Old City.

Avoid all travel to Gaza because of terrorism, unrest and limited health infrastructure. U.S. government personnel are prohibited from traveling there, and the U.S. government cannot provide routine or emergency consular assistance. Terrorists may strike with little or no warning at tourist sites, transport hubs, markets and government facilities; Gaza and its borders are extremely dangerous and volatile, while hospitals and clinics lack basic resources.

Avoid all travel to the Gaza Strip because fighting and Israeli missile and drone attacks continue. Avoid unnecessary travel to East Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jericho, the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea coast due to high security risk. In the West Bank, expect violence, curfews and checkpoint closures; if travel is unavoidable, limit visits to Ramallah, Jericho and Bethlehem, avoid settlements and take care in northern areas and around Hebron.