Israeli forces raze Hebron neighbourhood after deadly checkpoint attack

Israeli forces demolished large parts of the Ein Deir Baha district of Hebron after two gunmen killed two soldiers at a checkpoint, with local authorities reporting about 1,500 people evicted and the city sealed. Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to "destroy this place" days before Israeli elections, and Finance Minister Smotrich urged a wider campaign like those in Gaza and Lebanon. The reported collective punishment shows the West Bank escalating toward wider confrontation, and it bears on how Israel's conduct in the land and in Hebron, a city tied to Abraham's covenant, is judged.