More than 2,000 forced from homes in Hebron amid Israel’s West Bank raids

Palestinians in Hebron are ‘living in fear’ with the city closed, while Israeli forces arrest dozens across West Bank.

Israeli soldiers stand guard at the site of a shooting on Friday in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 24, 2026 [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]

Israel has imposed a lockdown and displaced thousands of Palestinians from their homes in Hebron, as the military conducts raids in the occupied West Bank following the deaths of two Israeli soldiers.

This comes as the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Saturday called for international pressure on Israel to protect Hebron’s residents, who said soldiers announced evacuation orders over loudspeakers late at night, leaving them with no time to prepare and few places to move to.

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Hebron’s mayor Yousef al-Ja’bari told Al Jazeera that 2,200 people had been forced from their homes as hundreds of Israeli raids took place since Friday’s attack by two Palestinian gunmen on an Israeli army reserve base. The two Palestinians were killed , as well as the two Israeli soldiers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then ordered a “ full lockdown ” of the West Bank following the attack.

Mayor al-Ja’bari said on Saturday that Hebron residents can neither enter nor leave the city.

Israeli soldiers also fired a stun grenade at Al Jazeera journalists near the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint in Hebron, as they documented an Israeli operation to bulldoze homes and vehicles in the area.

An Israeli soldier at the blocked northern checkpoint in Hebron near a number of demolished cars [AFP]

The Israeli military carried out raids across at least 15 areas of the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground reported.

Those targeted include Jenin and Nablus in the north; Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Birzeit, and occupied East Jerusalem in the centre; and Bethlehem in the south.

Israeli forces have arrested about 70 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank , the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said.

The PA, which governs the West Bank, called Israel’s actions “collective punishment” , citing the demolition of homes, forced displacement of entire neighbourhoods, and the “closure and siege of Palestinian cities”, and urged the international community to intervene, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Meanwhile, Hamas said in a statement that the “campaigns and escalations carried out by the occupation and its criminal settlers against our people will only fuel further outrage”.

Hundreds of thousands ‘under siege’

Around 200,000 Palestinians live in the city of Hebron itself, and a further 600,000 in Hebron governorate, making it the West Bank’s most populous governorate.

Those 800,000 Palestinians in Hebron governorate are “ now under siege , with all entrances and exits closed since morning”, Issa Amro, a Palestinian activist and political analyst based in Hebron, told Al Jazeera.

“Inside the city, there is no safe place for anyone to hide … the city is really in fear,” Amro said.

Political positioning

Israeli politicians are trying to “capitalise” on the attack ahead of parliamentary elections on October 27 , Al Jazeera’s West Bank correspondent Nour Odeh said.

“Netanyahu, his Likud party, and his allies in this right-wing coalition are behind in the polls,” said Odeh, so in response they are “trying to put up a brave front, saying they’re combating Palestinians”.

Just days before Israelis are set to vote, Netanyahu avoided answering whether he planned to dismantle the PA, but said a “ big surprise” awaits the organisation .

Israeli machinery demolishes a Palestinian house following Friday’s shooting attack in Hebron [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]

希伯伦城封锁，巴勒斯坦人“生活在恐惧之中”，与此同时，以色列军队在西岸各地逮捕了数十人。

2026年10月24日，以色列士兵在以色列占领的约旦河西岸希伯伦，于周五枪击事件现场站岗。[Mussa Qawasma/路透社]

在两名以色列士兵丧生后，以色列军方在被占领的约旦河西岸地区展开突袭行动，并实施了封锁，导致数千名巴勒斯坦人离开他们在希伯伦的家园。

此前，巴勒斯坦权力机构（PA）周六呼吁国际社会向以色列施压，以保护希伯伦居民。希伯伦居民表示，士兵们在深夜通过扩音器宣布了撤离命令，导致他们没有时间准备，也几乎没有地方可以去。

以色列突袭城镇，在被占领的西岸逮捕数十名巴勒斯坦人（共3条记录，此为第1条）

问题 2（共 3 个）：以色列为何在被占领的西岸地区发起新的军事行动？

列表 3（共 3 项）：全面封锁被占领的西岸地区开始

希伯伦市长优素福·贾巴里告诉半岛电视台，自周五两名巴勒斯坦枪手袭击以色列陆军预备役基地以来，数百次以色列突袭行动已导致2200人被迫离开家园。两名巴勒斯坦枪手和两名以色列士兵均被击毙。

袭击发生后，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡下令对西岸地区实施“全面封锁”。

市长贾巴里周六表示，希伯伦居民既不能进出该市。

在希伯伦的法尔什·哈瓦检查站附近，以色列士兵还向半岛电视台记者发射了一枚眩晕弹，当时这些记者正在记录以色列在该地区推平房屋和车辆的行动。

一名以色列士兵在希伯伦北部被封锁的检查站附近，周围散落着一些被毁坏的汽车。[法新社]

据半岛电视台驻当地记者报道，以色列军方周六对被占领的约旦河西岸至少 15 个地区进行了突袭。

被袭击的目标包括北部的杰宁和纳布卢斯；中部的拉马拉、比雷赫、比尔宰特和被占领的东耶路撒冷；以及南部的伯利恒。

巴勒斯坦囚犯协会称，以色列军队在约旦河西岸各地的突袭行动中逮捕了约70名巴勒斯坦人。

据巴勒斯坦通讯社瓦法社报道，巴勒斯坦权力机构（巴勒斯坦西岸地区管理机构）称以色列的行为是“集体惩罚”，并列举了拆毁房屋、强迫整个社区流离失所、“关闭和围困巴勒斯坦城市”等行为，敦促国际社会进行干预。

与此同时，哈马斯在一份声明中表示，“占领当局及其犯罪定居者对我们的人民发动的运动和升级行动只会进一步激起民众的愤怒”。

数十万人“被围困”

约有 20 万巴勒斯坦人居住在希伯伦市，另有 60 万巴勒斯坦人居住在希伯伦省，使其成为西岸人口最多的省份。

居住在希伯伦的巴勒斯坦活动家兼政治分析家伊萨·阿姆罗告诉半岛电视台：“希伯伦省的80万巴勒斯坦人现在处于围困状态，所有出入口从早上起就被关闭了。”

“在城里，没有人可以安全躲藏……整个城市都笼罩在恐惧之中，”阿姆罗说道。

政治立场

半岛电视台西岸记者努尔·奥德表示，以色列政客们正试图在10月27日议会选举前“利用”这次袭击事件。

奥德说：“内塔尼亚胡、他的利库德集团以及他在这个右翼联盟中的盟友在民调中落后”，因此他们“试图摆出一副勇敢的姿态，声称他们正在与巴勒斯坦人作战”。

就在以色列人即将投票的前几天，内塔尼亚胡回避了是否计划解散巴勒斯坦权力机构的问题，但他表示，该组织将面临一个“巨大的惊喜”。

以色列机械在希伯伦周五发生枪击事件后拆毁了一栋巴勒斯坦房屋。[穆萨·卡瓦斯马/路透社]