Israel launches major West Bank operation, vows to "destroy" areas days before election

Israel's military launched what it calls a counterterrorism operation across the West Bank, centred on Hebron, after an attack at a checkpoint killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday. Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered a full lockdown and vowed to "destroy this place, to change it completely": house raids, mass arrests and demolitions were planned to run for several days. By Saturday, hundreds of homes had been searched and roughly 300 Palestinian families displaced in one Hebron neighbourhood, days before Tuesday's parliamentary election.

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