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Israeli forces launched a large-scale operation in Hebron in the occupied West Bank starting October 24, 2026, a day after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint before being killed themselves. Reports from the IDF, Hebron's municipality and Palestinian officials put the number of residents forcibly evicted anywhere from about 1,200 to 2,500, with hundreds of homes demolished and over 200 families left homeless in the Deir Baha and al-Jalda neighborhoods. Israeli Defense Minister Katz said the operation would last several days, and Netanyahu said the army had prepared a response on a scale