Israeli forces press ahead with Hebron operation after attack kills two soldiers
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Israeli forces pressed ahead Sunday with a sweeping operation around Hebron in the occupied West Bank, two days after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others near a checkpoint. Israeli forces killed both attackers during the ensuing gunfight.
The military said it had operated at more than 400 locations over the weekend and arrested 40 Palestinians it alleged were affiliated with Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though Hamas praised it.
Troops sealed entrances to Hebron and ordered residents to leave Deir Bahha, the neighborhood where the suspected attackers lived. The military said its forces were seeking weapons and militant infrastructure and demolishing structures deemed security threats. Most Palestinian permit holders were barred from working in Israeli settlements Sunday and Monday, while crossings into Israel were to remain closed until after Tuesday’s Israeli election.
Hebron’s municipality said more than 2,600 people had been displaced from nearly 500 apartments in Deir Bahha and nearby neighborhoods. Mayor Yousef Zuhair Al-Jabari said the closures had restricted movement throughout the city and forced businesses and a mosque to close.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the lockdown after the shooting and said Israel was considering a wider West Bank operation. Israeli rights group B’Tselem warned against collective punishment, while U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern about closures affecting Palestinian livelihoods and called for an end to violence on all sides.
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Written from 8 articles, 8 with the publisher's own text; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 58 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the headline and two unsupported descriptions to match the reported scope and actions. - "Israeli forces expand Hebron operation after attack kills two soldiers": The sources say the operation continued or pressed ahead Sunday, not that it expanded. - "searched homes": The sources say troops conducted searches in the area and that Netanyahu said forces would go house to house, but do not establish that troops had searched homes. - "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the crackdown": The sources specifically say Netanyahu ordered a lockdown, not the broader military crackdown.
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Israeli forces expandpress ahead with Hebron operation after attack kills two soldiers
Israeli forces pressed ahead Sunday with a sweeping operation around Hebron in the occupied West Bank, two days after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others near a checkpoint. Israeli forces killed both attackers during the ensuing gunfight.
The military said it had operated at more than 400 locations over the weekend and arrested 40 Palestinians it alleged were affiliated with Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though Hamas praised it.
Troops sealed entrances to Hebron, searched homesHebron and ordered residents to leave Deir Bahha, the neighborhood where the suspected attackers lived. The military said its forces were seeking weapons and militant infrastructure and demolishing structures deemed security threats. Most Palestinian permit holders were barred from working in Israeli settlements Sunday and Monday, while crossings into Israel were to remain closed until after Tuesday’s Israeli election.
Hebron’s municipality said more than 2,600 people had been displaced from nearly 500 apartments in Deir Bahha and nearby neighborhoods. Mayor Yousef Zuhair Al-Jabari said the closures had restricted movement throughout the city and forced businesses and a mosque to close.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the crackdownlockdown after the shooting and said Israel was considering a wider West Bank operation. Israeli rights group B’Tselem warned against collective punishment, while U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern about closures affecting Palestinian livelihoods and called for an end to violence on all sides.
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