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Israeli forces displace 1,200 Palestinians in Hebron after deadly attack on soldiers

A Palestinian man looks on at empty homes after the Israeli army forced people to evacuate the Ein Deir Baha neighborhood in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron
A Palestinian man looks on at empty homes after the Israeli army forced people to evacuate the Ein Deir Baha neighborhood in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. © John Wessels, AFP

The Palestinian Authority has called for international pressure on Israel after a Palestinian official said around 1,200 Palestinians in Hebron in the West Bank were forced to leave their homes following an attack on Friday which killed two Israeli soldiers. The head of Hebron's municipality said an additional 1,300 may also be forced to leave.

The Israeli military forced around 1,200 Palestinians to leave their homes in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said on Saturday, a day after a Palestinian attack killed two Israeli soldiers.

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