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Israeli forces continued a Hebron operation for a fourth day, with reinforcements arriving About 2,649 Palestinians displaced during the ongoing operation in Hebron Governorate
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Reinforcements in Hebron
Israeli occupation forces deployed military reinforcements toward the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank for a fourth day, as the operation continued in the Hebron Governorate with incursions, reinforcements, closures, and the seizure of Palestinian vehicles. The Israeli army continued its military operation in Hebron for the fourth day in a row, and the Hebron Relief and Aid Committee stated that the number of displaced people in the city rose to about 2,649 Palestinians. The Israeli army began the operation on Friday after an attack by two Palestinians killed two Israeli soldiers and injured three others, and the army later killed the attackers.
Israeli forces raided the city of Hebron at midnight from the Farsh al-Hawa entrance and raided the southern area near جبل كرباج (Jabal Karbaj), while reinforcements and large trucks arrived in the al-Jalda area at dawn on Monday. The Israeli army imposed a closure on the city of Hebron and the surrounding villages after the attack, and the city was devoid of what Israeli Defense Minister يIsrael Katz described as Hamas infrastructure.
Displacement and checkpoints
The Hebron-based Committee for Support and Relief said on Sunday evening that the number of displaced people due to the operation reached about 2,649 Palestinians, as the Israeli occupation army continued its operation in Hebron Governorate for the fourth day in a row. Additional forces, accompanied by military vehicles, stormed the city of Hebron at midnight from the Farsh al-Hawa entrance, and reinforcements and large trucks arrived at the al-Jalda area at dawn Monday where Israeli forces seized a number of Palestinian vehicles. Petra said Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin reported that occupation forces had searched more than 500 homes and effectively fragmented the governorate by establishing 128 closed gates and 120 military checkpoints.
Petra reported that Dudin said 450 families had been forcibly displaced and that more than 3,043 Palestinians were uprooted from the areas of Deir Bahha and al-Jalda. Israeli forces divided a street in the Mount Mercy area between Palestinians and settlers, restricting residents' movement and mobility.
Political framing and future
Al Jazeera’s Suleiman Basharat said the “Genin model” in the northern West Bank was an attempt to create two main dimensions, including “collective deterrence of Palestinians” and “reengineering of the Palestinian geographical and demographic reality in the West Bank.” Al Jazeera’s Suleiman Basharat linked the operation to the hot atmosphere around Israeli elections scheduled for October 27, and he said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised an “unseen operation since 1967.” Al Jazeera’s correspondent Muntasir Nassar said Israeli forces continued to seal off the Jalda and Ain al-Dair Buha areas in the city center and raid dozens of homes, and he described the scene as resembling what happened in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nour Shams.
Al Jazeera reported that the security perimeter covered the entrances to the Hebron governorate, which has a population of about a million, and it said some 388 families were displaced by forced eviction and military operations in Hebron. Al Jazeera said the Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted military sources saying the Hebron operation “will continue after the Israeli elections,” and it reported that Defense Minister Yoav Katz told the broadcaster that about two thousand Palestinians had been evacuated from their homes in Hebron so far.