Middle EastUpdated November 2

Hebron residents return as Israeli occupation forces withdraw

Displaced families began returning to Hebron after Israeli occupation forces withdrew following a 10-day operation, Saudi Gazette reported. The Hebron governorate said more than 3,300 Palestinians were displaced or otherwise affected. The municipality said 15 homes and structures were demolished and 327 shops closed; Wafa reported those figures. The governor said Palestinian security forces had taken control of the area. Separately, the OIC Media Observatory recorded 450 Palestinian families forcibly displaced from their homes in Hebron between October 20 and 26, the Saudi Press Agency reported; that family count is distinct from the governorate’s figure for people displaced or otherwise affected. Asharq News reported that the operation began on October 23 after two Palestinians killed two Israeli soldiers; Israeli forces later killed the attackers. In broader policy, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry and regional partners rejected Israeli measures in the occupied West Bank aimed at imposing sovereignty, entrenching settlements, accelerating annexation and displacing Palestinians. The statement affirmed that Israel has no sovereignty over occupied Palestinian territory and supported a Palestinian state on the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital; it did not address the Hebron operation.

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