Gulf mediators and Iran agree to keep talking as US strike threat loomsIsrael votes at record turnout in election too close to callCongo Ebola cases pass 10,000 as neighbours tighten quarantineHouthis claim missile strike on Ras Tanura as Egypt backs RiyadhOleshky truce holds as Nordic leaders speak with PutinDrone strikes kill 21 in Nyala and cut power across Sudan as states warn of famineChurch reports 60 Orthodox Christians killed in two Oromia attacksIndia evacuates eastern coast as very severe Cyclone Arnab nears landfallJordan strikes southern Syria after church attack, Damascus protestsAnthropic's IPO filing shows heavy losses and warns of existential risksRussian strikes damage Kyiv's South Bridge and cut power in seven regionsFlávio Bolsonaro leaves for US as Brazil cancels his passportsOil holds near $115 while gas, fuel costs and inflation stay highChina's AI stocks keep falling despite state supportFrench student groups reject concessions as finance minister rules out new spendingAI stocks rebound as Meta raises equity and Anthropic files for IPOHebron displacement nears 5,000 as officers expect pullout after voteTwo men charged over RAF Fairford incidentStudent List wins Serbian election as Croatia demands acknowledgement of 1990s warsIndonesia and Singapore plan haze task force amid tensionsBrazil's real suffers worst day in over 25 years after Lula comebackIran threatens legal action against Sinokor ships over HormuzUN commission says Israel continued genocide in Gaza after ceasefireGas exporters meet in Moscow as Iranian and Qatari leaders hold talksIndonesian bond yield hits four-year high as MSCI risk and oil weighFrench consumer confidence hits 13-year low amid protestsGulf mediators and Iran agree to keep talking as US strike threat loomsIsrael votes at record turnout in election too close to callCongo Ebola cases pass 10,000 as neighbours tighten quarantineHouthis claim missile strike on Ras Tanura as Egypt backs RiyadhOleshky truce holds as Nordic leaders speak with PutinDrone strikes kill 21 in Nyala and cut power across Sudan as states warn of famineChurch reports 60 Orthodox Christians killed in two Oromia attacksIndia evacuates eastern coast as very severe Cyclone Arnab nears landfallJordan strikes southern Syria after church attack, Damascus protestsAnthropic's IPO filing shows heavy losses and warns of existential risksRussian strikes damage Kyiv's South Bridge and cut power in seven regionsFlávio Bolsonaro leaves for US as Brazil cancels his passportsOil holds near $115 while gas, fuel costs and inflation stay highChina's AI stocks keep falling despite state supportFrench student groups reject concessions as finance minister rules out new spendingAI stocks rebound as Meta raises equity and Anthropic files for IPOHebron displacement nears 5,000 as officers expect pullout after voteTwo men charged over RAF Fairford incidentStudent List wins Serbian election as Croatia demands acknowledgement of 1990s warsIndonesia and Singapore plan haze task force amid tensionsBrazil's real suffers worst day in over 25 years after Lula comebackIran threatens legal action against Sinokor ships over HormuzUN commission says Israel continued genocide in Gaza after ceasefireGas exporters meet in Moscow as Iranian and Qatari leaders hold talksIndonesian bond yield hits four-year high as MSCI risk and oil weighFrench consumer confidence hits 13-year low amid protests
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Hebron displacement nears 5,000 as officers expect pullout after vote

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Israel's offensive in Hebron entered a fifth day on Tuesday, with the municipality counting 4,969 displaced Palestinians. IDF officers reportedly expect troops to leave after the election.

The Hebron municipality says 4,969 people from 780 families have been forced out of the Deir Bahha and al-Jilda areas since the operation began on Friday, 23 October, after two Israeli soldiers were shot dead at a checkpoint. Israeli troops fired a stun grenade on Tuesday to disperse Palestinians protesting displacement while Israelis voted. Some Palestinian officials accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of timing the crackdown to the vote, while the government calls it a response to the attack.

Split over staying

The Jerusalem Post reports that Central Command officers expect a withdrawal after the election, calling the operation pointless and a source of incitement since no weapons were found. Walla reported that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir wanted to end it, while Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz insisted on staying.

UN warns of ethnic cleansing

UN human rights chief Volker Türk called collective punishment a grave violation of international law. He said threats to empty entire neighborhoods raise concerns of ethnic cleansing.

New settlement outposts

The Mount Hebron Regional Council announced on Sunday that it will establish eight new outposts in the Hebron Hills in response to the attack.

Other opinions

Daily Sabah and Telesur describe the operation as collective punishment and stress displacement figures. The Jerusalem Post cites security officials on a Hamas network allegedly uncovered in Hebron.

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