Israel announced an increase in the prices of transit fees through the five land crossings linking it with neighboring countries, especially the Eilat crossing on the Egyptian border.
According to the Israeli transportation news site PassportNews, the decision will be implemented in early 2024 at the five land crossings in Israel.
On the days when Israel’s land border crossings with its neighbors witness a complete halt in the entry and exit of tourists due to the war in Gaza, the Airports Authority announces an increase in some of the toll rates imposed on Israel’s five land crossings: Yitzhak Rabin Crossing, Menachem Begin Crossing, Allenby Crossing, Jordan River Crossing, and Nitzana Crossing.
Not only have the fees imposed on tourists, he added, but the Airports Authority has also raised shipping fees.
The Mention Began Crossing Station is located about 10 km south of Eilat and is the southernmost border point in Israel. It serves as a crossing bridge between Israel and Egypt, allowing Israeli citizens, foreign tourists, and holders of crossing documents with Egyptian visas in their passports to pass through. It also allows new immigrants to cross the borders, as well as Palestinians holding Israeli crossing documents.
The station was established at the foot of the steep mountain with the Egyptian border on one side and a coastal strip declared as a nature reserve on the other.
Due to its geographical location, its area is limited to a narrow strip 45 meters wide and 200 meters long.” Nearly one million passengers and about 70,000 narrow vehicles cross the crossing, where Coptic pilgrims use the crossing on normal pilgrimages to the holy sites of Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem and elsewhere.