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

What the report says

Israeli forces have imposed a lockdown in Hebron in the occupied West Bank and displaced more than 2,000 Palestinians from their homes, according to Al Jazeera’s reporting from Oct. 24, 2026. Hebron’s mayor, Yousef al-Ja’bari, said evacuation orders were announced over loudspeakers late at night after two Israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting incident involving two Palestinian gunmen, who were also killed.

Al Jazeera reported that residents said they had little time to prepare and few places to go, while the city’s entrances and exits were shut. The Palestinian Authority described the Israeli measures as collective punishment and urged international intervention. The article also said Israeli soldiers fired a stun grenade near Al Jazeera journalists in Hebron as they covered home and vehicle demolitions near the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint.

Beyond Hebron, the Israeli military carried out raids in at least 15 areas across the West Bank, including Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Birzeit, occupied East Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said about 70 Palestinians had been arrested. The article places the raids in the wider context of rising tensions after the attack on an Israeli army reserve base, a lockdown ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and political pressure ahead of Israel’s parliamentary election, with Al Jazeera noting that Israeli leaders appear to be taking a hard line before the vote.