BREAK: Israel prepares to seal off West Bank

A few days before the parliamentary elections in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a complete closure of the West Bank. The Israeli president, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) with an arrest warrant, said on

“Our forces are operating with reinforced counterterrorism units and are carrying out extensive waves of arrests,” he continues. In the early hours of the morning, a shootout reportedly broke out at the northern entrance to Hebron, killing two Palestinians and wounding six Israeli soldiers.

Israel has occupied the West Bank militarily since 1967. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) also declared the occupation to be contrary to international law in a report in 2024. At the same time, settlement construction, which is illegal under international law, continues to advance. More than half a million Israeli settlers now live there, accompanied by increasing settler violence against the Palestinian population.

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