Hebron siege continues for 10th day as Israel threatens wider offensive

Hebron’s economic losses surpass $3.8m as Israeli forces demolish West Bank homes and close hundreds of businesses.

Al JazeeraAl Jazeera Staff2026-11-01 17:30查看原文 ↗

Hebron’s economic losses surpass $3.8m as Israeli forces demolish West Bank homes and close hundreds of businesses.

Israeli military vehicles in Hebron, which has been locked down since two soldiers were killed on October 23 [File: Sari Jaradat/Al Jazeera]

Israeli forces are maintaining their siege on Hebron for the 10th consecutive day, threatening to expand their offensive and forcing more Palestinian families from their homes.

The lockdown in the occupied West Bank city was enforced after an attack on October 23 near Hebron in which two Israeli soldiers were killed.

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More than 3,300 Palestinians have since been displaced or affected, with homes destroyed and businesses shut, according to the local municipality.

Mayor Yousef al-Jabari told Al Jazeera on Saturday that daily economic losses were estimated to exceed 12 million shekels ($3.8m), with more than $1.9m worth of damage to infrastructure, along with losses in the health and environmental sectors estimated at about $160,000.

He said Israeli forces have demolished 15 homes and other structures and forced 327 businesses to close. About 80,000 students have been unable to attend school for 10 days, he added.

The mayor said Hebron accounts for about 40 percent of the Palestinian economy and the siege amounts to “collective punishment”.

Palestinian families in and around the city fear the army could soon extend its attacks.

Raids and settler attacks

Israeli arrests of Palestinians in Hebron and other cities in the occupied West Bank continued on Sunday.

Israeli forces arrested 10 Palestinian teachers in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron and seized their vehicle, reported the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Video shared by Palestinian media and verified by Al Jazeera showed the Israeli military raiding a school run by the United Nations in the Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem.

The United Nations humanitarian office, OCHA, said Israeli settlers carried out 397 attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in October, the highest monthly figure since monitoring began in 2006, Wafa said.

Between October 20 and 26, settler attacks targeted 49 Palestinian communities, mostly while Palestinians harvested olives on their land.

Nine children were among 57 Palestinians injured by settlers and Israeli forces: 34 by military gunfire and physical assaults and 23 in settler attacks.

Since the start of 2015, Israeli authorities have issued 9,518 demolition or stop-work notices against Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank, reported the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission. The Palestinian government commission added that 344 of those notices were given in the first nine months of this year.

以色列军队拆毁西岸房屋并关闭数百家企业，导致希伯伦经济损失超过 380 万美元。

自10月23日两名以色列士兵丧生以来，希伯伦一直处于封锁状态，以色列军用车辆也停放在该地。[图片：Sari Jaradat/半岛电视台]

以色列军队已连续第十天围困希伯伦，并威胁要扩大攻势，迫使更多巴勒斯坦家庭离开家园。

10 月 23 日，希伯伦附近发生袭击事件，造成两名以色列士兵死亡，此后，被占领的西岸城市实施了封锁。

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据当地市政当局称，已有超过 3300 名巴勒斯坦人流离失所或受到影响，房屋被毁，企业倒闭。

市长优素福·贾巴里周六告诉半岛电视台，每日经济损失估计超过 1200 万谢克尔（380 万美元），基础设施损失超过 190 万美元，卫生和环境部门的损失估计约为 16 万美元。

他说，以色列军队拆毁了15栋房屋和其他建筑物，并迫使327家企业停业。他还补充说，约有8万名学生已经10天无法上学。

市长表示，希伯伦约占巴勒斯坦经济的 40%，围困相当于“集体惩罚”。

该市及周边地区的巴勒斯坦家庭担心，军队可能很快会扩大袭击范围。