West Bank closures ( April 2005 - November 2004) As of 12 April 2005, 605 closure barriers were recorded in the West Bank compared to 680 in November 2004. The 605 figure indicates a net decline of 75 closure barriers (in certain governorates the IDF installed additional closure barriers). The bulk of the 75 net decrease occurred in selected areas: 34 were removed from the Bethlehem Governorate, 16 barriers from the Hebron Governorate and 12 from the Jenin Governorate. Most of the closure barriers removed were earth mounds - 92 - which mostly benefited movement between individual Palestinian villages. See also: UN records 605 closure barriers in the West Bank, OCHA (4 May 2005)
