Israel removes about 250 Palestinian families from Hebron, Netanyahu says

Israel is removing around 250 Palestinian families from the West Bank city of Hebron, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced. The move follows the killing of two Israeli soldiers by militants at a checkpoint and comes days before elections in Israel that are expected to be closely fought.

The reporting does not specify where the families will go, how long the removals will last or what legal basis the operation rests on. It also does not say how the military operation is being carried out. The timing, shortly before the vote, is likely to make the decision a subject of political dispute inside Israel.