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Israel halts Gaza commercial imports as settler attacks on olive harvest exceed 2025 total

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Al Jazeera's weekly roundup says settler attacks during the olive harvest have surpassed the 2025 total, with a journalist and diplomats attacked. Israel has also halted commercial imports into Gaza.

Location
≈ West Bank, Palestine · Palestine live map
Coordinates
≈ 32.00°N 35.25°E
Reported
20 Oct 2026, 06:22 UTC
Category
Humanitarian & health · Humanitarian
Impact
2 of 5 · Notable
Situation
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Israel locks down West Bank and razes part of Hebron after attack killed two soldiers

On Saturday the Israeli army began a full lockdown and military operations across the occupied West Bank. This followed a Friday attack by two Palestinian gunmen on an army checkpoint near Hebron that killed two soldiers, after which Netanyahu vowed a major operation. Hebron's municipality says about 1,500 people were evicted from the Ein Deir Baha district and 35 hectares destroyed or marked for destruction.

  • Netanyahu's office ordered the army to prepare a full West Bank closure on Friday. Soldiers shot and killed two men the military said carried out a "terror attack", and emergency services said five people were injured.
  • Hebron, a city of 250,000, was sealed off. Netanyahu vowed 'to destroy this place', according to reports.
  • The UN said it was extremely alarmed by the intensifying violence and the sweeping closures.
  • The World Food Programme has halved food aid to displaced West Bank Palestinians, who face growing hardship.
Updated 24 Oct 2026, 17:49 UTC · Written by Claude from the reports on this page and on the map. Check the linked sources for full details.

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