{
  "id": 16425000,
  "title": "Israel to close all land crossings with West Bank on election day",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/israel-to-close-all-land-crossings-with-west-bank-on-election-day",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T03:06:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/10/25/israel-to-close-all-land-crossings-with-west-bank-on-election-day"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Israel is set to shut down all land crossings with the West Bank on the day of next week's election, the country's government announced on Sunday. This comes after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers near the West Bank city of Ramallah, prompting Defence Minister Israel Katz to warn that residents displaced from Hebron would not be allowed to return until \"we've finished dealing with all the Hamas issues in Hebron.\" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact a heavy price for the attack, indicating an operation on a scale not seen since Israel's initial occupation of the West Bank in 1967. The Israeli army will prohibit Palestinians from entering Israeli communities and the Jordan Valley for work, enforce a ban on entry and exit of Palestinian workers, and close all land crossings throughout Election Day on October 27. Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister Netanyahu is facing a tight race for a second term as his security-first reputation has been tarnished by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. The Palestinian Authority has called for international pressure on Israel to protect residents affected by the military operation. Israeli forces reported operating in 40 areas throughout the territory on Friday and Saturday, apprehending approximately 40 suspects, including those affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad.",
  "summary": "The announcement comes a day after Israeli forces pushed into the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and displaced around 2,000 residents.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Israel to close all land crossings with West Bank on election day",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/israel-to-close-all-land-crossings-with-west-bank-on-election-day",
        "published": "2026-10-24T14:30:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Israel's Arab citizens must vote before it's too late",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/israels-arab-citizens-must-vote-before-its-too-late",
        "published": "2026-10-25T02:15:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Israel's election lays bare its founding fault lines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/israels-election-lays-bare-its-founding-fault-lines",
        "published": "2026-10-25T04:01:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}