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Al Jazeera Staff

Why has Israel put West Bank under lockdown as it bombs Iran?

A picture shows closed iron gates set up by Israeli forces after Israeli authorities closed off all entrance and exist roads of Hebron city in the occupied West Bank on June 14, 2025 [Hazem Bader/AFP]

Israel has placed the occupied West Bank under lockdown, sealing the entrances of cities and villages with iron gates and concrete barriers, as its forces bomb Iran.

The Israeli siege continued for a third day on Sunday, as the military intensifies its operations in the Palestinian territory, where it has killed at least 943 Palestinians, more than 200 of them minors, according to the United Nations, since the war on Gaza started on October 7, 2023.

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