Israel seals West Bank and empties parts of Hebron as election campaign closes

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UN raises 'ethnic cleansing' concerns as Israel seals West Bank and empties parts of Hebron

Al Jazeera's weekly review says Israel sealed the West Bank and emptied parts of Hebron as its election campaign closed. On Monday, UN rights chief Volker Turk said the operation displacing more than 3,000 Palestinians in Hebron must end, and a UN commission report said Israel had continued to commit genocide in Gaza since the ceasefire. Israel dismissed that report as part of a "misinformation campaign". Israeli forces also killed at least five people in Gaza on Monday.

• Turk called collective punishment a grave violation of international law; the Hebron operation followed the killing of two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the city on Friday.
• Hebron's municipality says 35 hectares were destroyed or marked for destruction and about 1,500 people were evicted from the Ein Deir Baha district.
• Gaza's reported war death toll is 74,555, including 1,559 killed since the ceasefire last year.
• Israel announced West Bank crossing closures and worker movement restrictions ahead of Tuesday's election.