Hebron on lockdown after two days of deadly attacks
‘The Israeli military imposed closure on the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and its surroundings on Friday, affecting some 700,000 people, following a spike in deadly attacks over the past two days.
An Israeli army spokesperson told the Ma’an News Agency that movement in and out of the city and its surrounding villages would be closed indefinitely.
The closure has been described by the Tel Aviv newspaper Haaretz as the largest since a massive crackdown following the kidnapping and slaying of three Israeli youths in the West Bank in June 2014.
The closure affects only Palestinians, and not Israelis living in settlements in the area, an army spokesperson told media.’
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