Coronavirus control: West Bank crossings into Israel close

Tens of thousands of Palestinians who work in Israel stranded as they cannot re-enter homes in occupied West Bank.

Tens of thousands of Palestinian workers are trapped in Israel after the military closed crossings with the occupied West Bank as part of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak.

Officials have told the workers they will have to stay for at least a month, as the number of cases balloons in Israel.

Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports from West Jerusalem on the situation in the West Bank.