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Israel's defence minister says about 2,000 Palestinians have been displaced in Hebron in the occupied West Bank in an operation following the killing of two Israeli soldiers.
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Palestinians → say → soldiers
Homes and business have been demolished, with gates and checkpoints closed to Palestinian drivers.
What's next?
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What → demolish → drivers
Israel's general election takes place on Tuesday, local time.
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election → take → Tuesday
Israel has pressed ahead with a major military operation in the occupied West Bank, carrying out arrests and demolitions a day after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others in Hebron.
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gunmen → press → Hebron
The operation took place in cities across the West Bank on Saturday, local time, just days before Israelis vote on whether to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in power.
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Israelis → take → power
Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army had evacuated about 2,000 residents from the Hebron neighbourhood of the two Palestinian assailants, and that "they will not be allowed to return … until we've finished dealing with all the Hamas issues in Hebron".
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we → say → Hebron
Israeli troops took positions throughout the city and sealed it off from the rest of the territory for a second day, closing gates and checkpoints to Palestinian drivers.
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troops → take → drivers
In Deir Bahha, the suspected gunmen's neighbourhood, Israeli forces warned residents to evacuate overnight, leaving the streets deserted except for two military vehicles on Saturday.
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forces → suspect → Saturday
Fahed Ahmro, a 51-year-old city worker, fled to a relative's home after loudspeaker warnings and sirens woke him.
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warnings → flee → him
He had lived through military raids before, he said, but never one that left him so uncertain about whether his family would be able to return.
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family → live → him
"In the past, when we were ordered or asked to leave for a few minutes or a few hours, our homes would be searched, and then we would return," he said.
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he → order → minutes
But now, our homes and entire neighbourhoods are being evacuated.
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homes → evacuate → ?
Israeli leaders pledge tough response
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leaders → pledge → response
The two soldiers killed on Friday marked six Israelis killed this year in the increasingly violent West Bank.
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soldiers → kill → Bank
Including the suspected gunmen, 112 Palestinians have been killed over the same time period, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.
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Palestinians → include → Ministry
Israel's military said it found weapons in the gunmen's car and that they were likely planning to attack Israeli civilians before being stopped at the checkpoint.
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they → say → checkpoint
The military said Friday that troops were "conducting precise, targeted and thorough searches" in the area where the gunmen operated.
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gunmen → say → area
The shootout also provoked outrage among Israeli politicians and brought Mr Netanyahu and three members of his right-wing government to the site of the attack, where they vowed to respond forcefully.
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they → provoke → attack
"We warned a few weeks ago about attempts by our enemies to harm us, our citizens, and our soldiers ahead of the election," Mr Netanyahu said.
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Netanyahu → warn → election
We will act to destroy this place."
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We → act → place
In a statement posted on X, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stood in front of a bulldozer near the site of the shootout and promised Israel would tear down Palestinian buildings constructed without permits in the area.
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Israel → post → area
He made no claim of a connection between the owners of those buildings and the gunmen.
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He → make → buildings
"We will remove quite a few buildings, making it clear that terrorism targeting Israeli citizens carries a very heavy price," he said.
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he → remove → price
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Defence Minister Israel Katz made similar promises at the crime scene.
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Gvir → make → scene
Showing strength on security is central to their campaigns ahead of the October 27 election.
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Showing → show → election
Amjad Iraqi, the International Crisis Group's senior analyst for Israel and the Palestinian territories, said the promises reflected how politicians were working to demonstrate how tough they would be toward Palestinians ahead of the election.
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they → say → election
Israel's right wing, he added, had historically emphasised security threats to make their case to remain in power.
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he → add → power
"For a lot of the far right, every attack is an opportunity to project strength, send a message and reassure settlers that the state will protect them and advance their goals," Mr Iraqi said.
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Iraqi → project → goals
Palestinians fear a prolonged siege
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Palestinians → fear → siege
Roughly 3 million Palestinians and 540,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast war.
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Israel → live → war
Hebron is one of its most tense cities and the only place where Jewish settlers live in the heart of a densely populated Palestinian area under Israeli military protection.
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settlers → live → protection
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society reported more than 70 arrests throughout the West Bank on Saturday and drivers reported widespread closures blocking them from exiting cities onto the West Bank's major highways.
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drivers → report → highways
At military gates on Hebron's outskirts, taxis waited to pick up families and workers crossing on foot.
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taxis → wait → foot
Hebron municipal officials said between 200 and 300 families had been displaced from Deir Bahha and four surrounding neighbourhoods overnight, most going to other parts of the city.
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most → say → city
Mr Ahmro, the city worker, said he left behind not just his possessions, but the life he had built, his work and his dreams for the future.
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he → say → future
"Home is home," he said.
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he → say → ?
You can't feel that comfortable anywhere else."
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You → feel → ?
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