Netanyahu orders closure of West Bank after two soldiers killed in shooting attack
Emergency responders said five people were injured, some critically, as Israel ordered roadblocks and preparations for a full West Bank closure.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a complete closure of the occupied West Bank following a deadly shooting attack near the Yehuda Junction outside Hebron on Friday.
- Two Israeli soldiers were killed and three others critically wounded when gunmen opened fire on troops and vehicles operating in the southern West Bank area.
- Israeli security forces engaged in a firefight at the scene, killing the two Palestinian gunmen involved in the attack.
- Following the incident, the Israeli military sealed off the city of Hebron and neighboring towns, placing the region under strict movement restrictions and conducting sweeping search operations.
- Military officials reported discovering additional automatic weapons and large quantities of ammunition inside the attackers' vehicle, indicating the gunmen were preparing a larger-scale operation.
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Israeli military says 2 soldiers were killed in the West Bank attack that also left 2 gunmen dead
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning that also left two suspected gunmen dead, the military said, violence that is likely to heighten political tensions and security concerns ahead of Israel's parliamentary election next week. The army said two so...
Two suspected gunmen dead, two IDF soldiers killed in West Bank shooting - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Israeli Defense Forces soldiers were killed and three other people were wounded by two suspected gunmen, who were also killed, in a shooting Friday in the southern West Bank, officials said. Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman, aged 23, from Ashkelon, a squad commander in the Ari Battalion (775), Search and Rescue Brigade and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, aged 20, from Hod Hasharon, a combat soldier i…
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