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Is Hebron the Next Jenin?

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, killing two soldiers and injuring three others. Israeli forces said that the militants were linked to Hamas, which praised the attack. In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to carry out an extensive military operation in the West Bank “unlike any seen since the Six-Day War” in 1967.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli military action in the West Bank, Taiwan bracing for Typhoon Champi, and a powerful earthquake in Tibet.

Is Hebron the Next Jenin?

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, killing two soldiers and injuring three others. Israeli forces said that the militants were linked to Hamas, which praised the attack. In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to carry out an extensive military operation in the West Bank “unlike any seen since the Six-Day War” in 1967.

“We will act to destroy this place, to change it completely,” Netanyahu said, ordering a full siege on Hebron and the complete closure of the West Bank starting Friday. Within hours, Netanyahu appeared to scale back such plans for the territory by saying that he would consider “a cordon” around the cities of Hebron and Halhul. However, he stopped short of rescinding the campaign completely, instead vowing to reprise a strategy used in the West Bank city of Jenin.

In early 2025, Israeli troops launched a broad campaign against militant groups in three refugee camps around Jenin, demolishing hundreds of homes and displacing thousands of Palestinians.

“Many viewed the timing as deliberate—a political lifeline for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose grip on power relies on appeasing his far-right coalition, delaying his corruption trial, and........

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