Netanyahu orders West Bank closure after attack wounds five Israelis before election

An attack near Hebron on Friday wounded five Israelis, two critically, before Israeli forces killed the two assailants in a shootout. Days before the election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an immediate cordon around Hebron and told security forces to prepare a full lockdown of the occupied West Bank. Hamas praised the attack without claiming responsibility, while far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich called for a major military offensive and ordered the demolition of Palestinian structures near the attack site.