Israel seals Hebron and closes West Bank crossings for election after two soldiers are killed

The Israeli military continued a large operation in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, restricting movement ahead of Israel's election on Tuesday. It followed a Friday gun attack in Hebron that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three. The Hebron municipality said more than 2,200 people, nearly 200 of them children, have been displaced, and Mayor Yousef Zuhair Al-Jabari said all entrances and exits to the city remain sealed. The military said it operated in more than 400 locations over the weekend and arrested 40 Palestinians it said were tied to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It said most Palestinian workers with permits cannot enter settlements on Sunday and Monday, and crossings into Israel stay closed until after the vote. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to Hebron and vowed a larger West Bank offensive, saying the timing was his to set.

The right-leaning Newsmax, whose headline and excerpt match CBS's opening, frames the story as a massive military operation days before the election, displacing hundreds and restricting movement. Its available text has no figures, names or quotes beyond that. The left-leaning CBS News leads with closures before the election and adds the municipality's displacement count, the mayor's quote on the blockade, the military's arrest and operations figures, and the view that the election is a referendum on Netanyahu. The two sides agree on the core facts; the difference is how much Palestinian testimony and detail the left supplies. Alternative outlets differ: ZeroHedge calls the operation a pretext for war, quotes Netanyahu's Six-Day War comparison and names the two gunmen, while Middle East Eye stresses forced evictions.