Israel orders ‘full lockdown’ of West Bank after military kills 2 accused of attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a “full lockdown” of the occupied West Bank on Friday after Israel’s military said it killed two Palestinians accused of launching an attack that injured five people near the city of Hebron.

The deadly incident comes just days before a crucial election that will decide whether Netanyahu can hold on to power.

There has been a recent surge in Israeli settler violence and military activity in the West Bank centered on the start of the olive harvesting season, with Palestinians, activists and American journalists among those attacked and detained.

Netanyahu’s office said said it instructed the Israel Defense Forces to “impose a closure” on Hebron and to prepare for a “full lockdown” across the entire West Bank starting Friday.

The order came hours after the Israeli military said it had killed two people after a shooting attack in which at least five people were reported injured. It said it was continuing to search the area.

Magen David Adom, Israel’s primary emergency service, said it received a report at around 7.15 a.m. local time (12.15 a.m. ET) of multiple casualties following the attack near the Yehuda Junction, near Hebron. It said first responders had provided…

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