Around 1,200 Palestinians are displaced in Hebron as Israel begins military operation

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Around 1,200 Palestinians are displaced in Hebron as Israel begins military operation

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Israeli forces began a military operation in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, displacing about 1,200 Palestinians, according to a Palestinian official. The operation followed an attack at a military checkpoint that killed two Israeli soldiers; the Israeli military said the two Palestinian gunmen were killed.

JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The Israeli military forced around 1,200 Palestinians to leave their homes in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said on Saturday, a day after a Palestinian attack killed two Israeli soldiers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday had said the military would launch a large-scale operation after the soldiers were killed when when two Palestinian gunmenopened fire at a military checkpoint near the city. The Israeli military said the gunmen were shot dead.

World Security Conflict Politics Hebron West Bank Israeli military operation displacement checkpoint attack Palestinians Israeli soldiers

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