Jerusalem Daily: Israel’s siege on Hebron displaces thousands

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Oct 31, 2026
Israel has announced its final election results,
tightened its siege on Hebron,
displacing nearly 5,000 Palestinians,
and arrested Palestinians returning to Gaza.
This is Jerusalem Daily,
bringing you the latest from Palestine and Israel.
No Israeli bloc won the 61 seats needed to form a majority,
and Netanyahu's Likud accused
the Arab parties of stealing the election.
Israeli election results will be set in stone in less than a week,
and the new Knesset members will be sworn in by the 10th of November.
Netanyahu is very much afraid
because of the results of the election and the high turnout.
of the Arab community and the Arab voters.
Meanwhile in Gaza, Israeli forces targeted multiple homes
in the northern and central areas,
killing at least one person and injuring dozens.
Israeli forces detained three Palestinians
returning to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing,
local sources reported.
The Israeli army blew up the home of Hamouda Al-Jaba.
They issued forced evacuation orders
to the civilians in the area.
Al-Jaba was killed last Friday
after a shootout that resulted
in the killing of two Israeli soldiers earlier.
Across Hebron, nearly 5,000 Palestinians from 780 families
have been displaced as a result of Israel's siege on the city.
At the entrance to Hebron's old city,
Israelis set up a mobile home on top of a Palestinian building.
They are increasing the areas of the closed area
and the areas that the settlers are stealing today.
They are putting caravans on...
Local media reported that settler fired live bullets
at a group of children in a playground
in the village of Sifka near Hebron.
They then opened fire towards homes in the area.
They are setting fire on our homes.
Israelis held an opening ceremony for a new settlement
in the northern Occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces stormed the city of Al-Bireh,
the village of Al-Mughayyat,
the village of Askar al-Balad, and the Qalandia refugee camp.
Israeli forces shot and wounded two children in Qalandia,
the Red Crescent Society reported.
They arrested a man from Hawara and a man from Jenin.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas
and demolished a mural bearing
the images of several of the town's dead,
including fighter Fajiz Abu Atwan, who Israel killed in the 1970s.
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