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UN sounds the alarm over Israel's West Bank military operation

DW26 October 2026, 20:56 UTCIsrael

The UN has sounded the alarm on Israeli action in the West Bank city of Hebron after hundreds of families were displaced at the weekend. Israel has ordered the military to demolish homes after soldiers were killed there.

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