Conflict & Security
Israeli army presses Hebron sweep after checkpoint attack
October 27, 2026 at 09:31 AM
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 3 hours
يواليوم السابع
الأمم المتحدة: دعم 3000 نازح فلسطينى أجبرهم الاحتلال على ترك منازلهم فى الخليل
(opens the publisher’s site)
يواليوم السابع
رياض منصور يوجه رسائل للأمم المتحدة بشأن عدوان الاحتلال المتواصل بالخليل
(opens the publisher’s site)
AJAl Jazeera English
Palestine weekly: West Bank under siege as Israelis go to the polls
(opens the publisher’s site)Israel has imposed a military closure on the Hebron governorate since Friday's checkpoint attack, displacing hundreds of Palestinian families.
- Two gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a Hebron checkpoint on Friday, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the city's isolation and house-to-house searches.
- Israeli forces have displaced 488 families, or about 3,171 Palestinians, from al-Jalda and Ein Deir Baha and demolished around 500 homes, Palestinian officials said.
- Palestine's UN ambassador Riyad Mansour sent letters to the UN Secretary-General and Security Council condemning the Hebron siege as collective punishment.
- Defence Minister Israel Katz said displaced residents would not return "until we've finished dealing with all the Hamas issues in Hebron."
- The UN said it and its partners are responding to some 3,000 displaced Palestinians, most staying with relatives and urgently needing shelter, food and cash assistance.
- About 700 schools serving 250,000 students in the Hebron governorate have temporarily shifted to remote learning.