Netanyahu orders West Bank lockdown after Hebron checkpoint shooting
The National · 23 Oct 2026

Netanyahu orders West Bank lockdown after Hebron checkpoint shooting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the "full closure” of the occupied West Bank after five people were injured in a shooting at a military checkpoint near the city of Hebron. “I have instructed the [military] and the security forces to immediately impose a cordon around the city of Hebron and to prepare for a full closure of the entire [West Bank], effective today,” Mr Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.


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