When an Election Locks Down a City: Hebron's Palestinian Families Pay the Price

WHAT HAPPENED

Israel has announced a comprehensive closure of all land crossings with the occupied West Bank leading up to and on the day of its general election. This sweeping measure follows a stringent lockdown imposed on the city of Hebron and its surrounding areas, which resulted in the displacement of thousands of Palestinians from their homes. The lockdown was initiated after an attack by two Palestinian gunmen on an Israeli army reserve base, an incident that killed two Israeli soldiers and the two attackers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the

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