Israel locks down occupied West Bank after Hebron shooting
Israel has imposed a lockdown across the occupied West Bank after a shooting near Hebron killed two Israeli soldiers. Israeli forces raided Palestinian homes and arrested residents. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened a military operation on a scale unseen since 1967.
Clampdown comes as Israeli pogroms heighten tensions and spread violence across Palestinian territory.
Israel’s PM is preparing to order a shutdown in the occupied West Bank lockdown after a shooting near Hebron.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seized on an attack by two Palestinian gunmen in the southern city of Hebron to mount the offensive.
The attack comes at a time of heightened tensions in the West Bank and four days before Israel's general election.
Israeli military raid targets at least 15 towns in the northern West Bank, including Nablus and Jenin.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a “full lockdown” of the occupied West Bank following a shooting.