Middle East: Israel wants to seal off West Bank after attack
Shortly before the election in Israel, two Palestinians near Hebron are said to have killed two soldiers and injured three in an attack. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced tough measures.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu has ordered a lockdown of the West Bank following a shooting attack near Hebron that killed two soldiers and injured three others. The two suspected Palestinian attackers from Hebron were also killed. Netanjahu instructed Israel's security forces to prepare to close all crossings into the West Bank, and has already ordered the closure of the city of Hebron, with the military to conduct searches and destroy "terror infrastructure" in the attackers' neighborhoods.
The Hamas group praised the attack, but did not claim responsibility, and Israeli President Izchak Herzog condemned it as an "abhorrent terrorist attack".
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