HebronIsrael’s Netanyahu ordered Hebron cordoned after 5 Israelis were wounded.
Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded the Palestinian Authority’s dismantling, though no evidence links it to the attack.
Netanyahu also ordered preparations for a full closure of the entire West Bank, effective Friday.
Israeli forces killed 2 men, named by Palestinian media as Mohammad and Firas Jaaba, and say they planned a larger attack.
Israelis vote on 27 October, and Polymarket traders give Netanyahu 28% to be next prime minister, down 3 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide
- TRT World leans critical
- frames Ben-Gvir's call to dismantle the PA as electoral, placing it days before the 27 October Israeli vote with no PA link to the attack
- BBC
- reports the Likud campaign cancelling morning events and the ammunition haul suggesting a planned larger attack
- Dawn
- relies on an AFP eyewitness at the checkpoint and notes Telegram reports of closed checkpoints as the cordon spread
- The National leans critical
- names the Palestinian suspects as Mohammad and Firas Jaaba and notes Ben-Gvir lives in the Kiryat Arba settlement
Sources: TRT World, BBC, Dawn, The National