Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that a\nlarge-scale military operation in the West Bank could take place soon\nand pledged to relocate some residents of Hebron. The threat follows an\nattack by armed Palestinian men that killed two soldiers.<\/p>\n
According to AFP on Friday (23 October 2026), the attack took place\nat a checkpoint near a Palestinian town in the southern part of the\noccupied West Bank, and also wounded three soldiers. It came just days\nbefore Israel\u2019s general election, in which Netanyahu faces a close\ncontest.<\/p>\n
The two gunmen who carried out the attack were killed in a shoot-out\nwith soldiers. During a visit to Hebron after the attack, Netanyahu said\nIsraeli forces would enter the neighbourhood where the attackers lived\nand relocate its residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will evacuate the residents, search from house to house, seize\nthe weapons there, and deal with and destroy all the terrorist\ninfrastructure,\u201d Netanyahu said, according to his office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Defence Minister and I are considering a very extensive IDF\n[Israeli military] operation in Judea and Samaria\u2014on a scale not seen\nsince the Six-Day War,\u201d Netanyahu added, referring to the 1967\nArab-Israeli war.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe IDF is ready to carry it out and we will decide when, but this\noperation will definitely take place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu said the military would follow a model previously used in\nrefugee camps in the northern West Bank. According to the UN human\nrights office, the large-scale military operation known as \u2018Iron Wall\u2019,\nlaunched in January 2025, forced tens of thousands of people to leave\nseveral refugee camps.<\/p>\n
By July this year, 33,362 Palestinian refugees displaced from the\nthree camps had still not been allowed to return, the UN said.<\/p>\n
Nearly two years later, the Israeli military remains in Jenin refugee\ncamp, which before the Iron Wall operation had been a base for\nPalestinian armed militant groups resisting the Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military also remains in two refugee camps in the nearby\ncity of Tulkarem. In all three camps, the military demolished dozens of\nhouses in densely populated areas with interconnected alleyways, saying\nthis would improve access for troops and armoured vehicles. It also\nestablished operational centres for its forces inside residents\u2019\nhomes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Jenin refugee camp model will now be applied in Hebron,\u201d Israeli\nDefence Minister Israel Katz said on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery clan-based neighbourhood in Hebron\u2014the home of the terrorists\nwho acted today\u2014will be emptied of its residents. The terrorist\ninfrastructure in the neighbourhood will be dealt with and dismantled,\u201d\nhe said, referring to the large families, or clans, that wield\nsignificant influence in the city of Hebron.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/netanyahu-threatens-large-scale-military-operation-in-west-bank-1792777862", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }