Palestine weekly: West Bank under siege as Israelis go to the polls
- Israel sealed the West Bank, emptied parts of Hebron and tightened the squeeze on Gaza as its election campaign wrapped up.
- While Israelis go to the polls this week in one of the most consequential elections in years, many Palestinians in the West Bank have been confined to their homes or neighbourhoods as a wave of Israeli military operations around Hebron continues.
- The West Bank city has been in a state of lockdown since two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at an army checkpoint at Hebron’s northern entrance on Friday, killing two Israeli soldiers and wounding three.
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- Israel sealed the West Bank, emptied parts of Hebron and tightened the squeeze on Gaza as its election campaign wrapped up.
- While Israelis go to the polls this week in one of the most consequential elections in years, many Palestinians in the West Bank have been confined to their homes or neighbourhoods as a wave of Israeli military operations around Hebron continues.
- The West Bank city has been in a state of lockdown since two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at an army checkpoint at Hebron’s northern entrance on Friday, killing two Israeli soldiers and wounding three.
Sources: Al Jazeera