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🇮🇱 Israel is preparing mass expulsions of Palestinians and the largest military operation in the West Bank since 1967, – The Guardian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a blockade and the forced expulsions of residents from entire neighborhoods of Hebron and Halhul. In addition, he said the Israeli army is preparing the largest military operation in the region since 1967, The Guardian reports.
All these statements came after news of the killing of two Israeli soldiers near Hebron. Authorities began mass demolition of Palestinian homes on the same day as the attack, but Israel's Supreme Court temporarily halted the "demolition" due to a complaint from local business owners.
Overall, forced expulsions and the demolition of Palestinian homes occur regularly (in particular, due to the lack of Israeli construction permits), but usually affect at most a few thousand people per year. Now Netanyahu himself has spoken of a scale comparable to the events of 1967, when more than 300 000 people were "evacuated" from Palestinian territories.
It is not yet specified when the operation will begin.
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