Israel is to close all West Bank crossings on election day and bar Palestinian workers as the Hebron crackdown escalates
Benjamin Netanyahu faces a deadlocked election on 27 October, with Arab parties holding enough seats to hand the opposition a majority if it joins forces with them.
Most Palestinian workers are barred from settlements from today, with industrial zones among the few exceptions. Defence Minister Israel Katz said about 2,000 Hebron residents have already been displaced by the operation. It follows Friday's checkpoint attack, in which two Israeli soldiers were shot dead by Palestinian gunmen. Benjamin Netanyahu faces Tuesday's vote trailing Gadi Eisenkot by 49% to 41%.
Netanyahu vowed troops would 'go house to house' and destroy 'terrorist infrastructures'.
Hebron municipality says 86 acres were destroyed or marked for demolition.
Activist Issa Amro said Palestinians are being 'collectively punished for something we neither did nor supported'.
