Netanyahu orders ‘very extensive’ operation in West Bank after two Israeli soldiers killed

Israel’s prime minister gives order after military says it thwarted ‘terror attack’ by two armed Palestinians

Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to prepare for a “very extensive” operation in the occupied West Bank after two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinians were killed in an exchange of fire near a checkpoint in Hebron.

Netanyahu said the military would go house to house and demolish homes in an operation on a scale unseen in the occupied West Bank for decades, after the Israeli military said it had thwarted a “terror attack” by two armed Palestinians on Friday, amid heightened tensions before next week’s election.

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