HebronIsrael displaced 2,200 people since Friday, the mayor says.
Residents of a city of 200,000 can neither enter nor leave, the mayor said.
Netanyahu ordered the lockdown after gunmen killed 2 soldiers, and bulldozers are razing homes in Farsh al-Hawa.
The Israeli military says it is dismantling militant infrastructure and expects the operation to last several days.
Israelis vote Tuesday, and Netanyahu has promised the Palestinian Authority an unspecified surprise.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 1150+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- centres the 2,200 displaced and the mayor's claim that residents cannot enter or leave, plus a stun grenade fired at Al Jazeera journalists
- BBC leans critical
- reports whole-street flattening by bulldozers and Netanyahu's vow that neighbourhoods would be 'destroyed', framing it as collective punishment
- Dawn
- relays the IDF and Shin Bet joint statement that demolitions target 'illegal structures' and frames the operation within Tuesday's tight Israeli election
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, BBC, Dawn