Spokeswoman for the Israeli army said as from Sunday through Tuesday, Palestinians might only enter Israel if they were subject to special exemptions or for humanitarian reasons.
Israel routinely closes the West Bank and Gaza on Jewish holidays, citing security concerns.
Jews celebrate the New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, on the first two days of the Hebrew calendar month Tishrei.
Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and since then have controlled the West Bank and maintained a blockade on Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist Hamas group.
