Conflict & Security
Israeli offensive in Hebron displaces thousands, draws UN ethnic-cleansing warning
October 26, 2026 at 06:03 PM
5 reports · 3 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 7 hours
SNSky News Arabia
الأمم المتحدة: مخاوف من تطهير عرقي بالخليل
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AJAl Jazeera English
‘Everything destroyed’: Hebron businesses count cost of Israeli assault
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AJAl Jazeera English
Israel expands expulsions in occupied West Bank to cement control
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
كيف يخنق حصار الخليل الضفة الغربية؟
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
إسرائيل تحوّل الضفة إلى سجن كبير قبل يوم من الانتخابات
(opens the publisher’s site)Israel's operation in Hebron, launched after Friday's shooting that killed two soldiers, has displaced over 3,000 Palestinians and drawn a UN ethnic-cleansing warning.
- UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk warned the operation raises serious concerns of ethnic cleansing, calling collective punishment a grave violation of international law.
- Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin said 488 families totaling 3,171 people have been displaced across the governorate.
- Netanyahu announced a large-scale operation, and the Israeli army said it would enforce a full closure of West Bank crossings on Tuesday, the day of Israel's parliamentary election.
- Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich justified the demolitions as "establishing deterrence and exacting a price."