Retaliation for soldiers being killed? A strange trick to attract votes in the election? Netanyahu says Palestinian authorities are "waiting for a surprise"

Israel is about to hold a parliamentary election. Prime Minister Netanyahu went to a market in Jerusalem on the 23rd to pray for votes.

After ordering large-scale military action in response to attacks on Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is about to face an election test, said that the "Palestinian Autonomous Government" will face "a big surprise."

A gun battle broke out near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on the 23rd. Palestinian militants exchanged fire with Israeli troops. Two Israeli soldiers died and the attacker was also killed.

Netanyahu later vowed to take a large-scale military response and ordered a blockade of the occupied West Bank; a far-right ally of Netanyahu called on Israel to overthrow the Palestinian autonomous government.

The Palestinian Authority is a semi-autonomous entity that governs parts of the West Bank in partnership with Israel under a 1990s peace agreement. There is currently no evidence that the Palestinian Autonomous Government is related to the attack on the 23rd.

In an interview on the evening of the 23rd, Netanyahu was asked whether he would overthrow the Palestinian autonomous government. He did not give a direct answer, but said that he preferred to use "strategies and surprise attacks."

Netanyahu told i24News that Israel has changed the face of the Middle East. "I once said that we would change some things, and we did... There will also be a very big surprise waiting for the Palestinian Autonomous Government."