
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows heavy retaliation and unprecedented operation following the killing of two Israeli soldiers.
Israel announces the closure of all land crossings with the West Bank on election day following a shooting that killed two soldiers, as Prime Minister Netanyahu vows an unprecedented military operation.
AI-generated summary
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting attack by Palestinian gunmen near a checkpoint in the West Bank.
Israel said on Sunday all land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on the day of next week’s election, as it pledged a harder line on militancy after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the territory.
The announcement came a day after Israeli forces pushed into the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and displaced around 2,000 residents, with Defence Minister Israel Katz saying, “they will not be allowed to return … until we’ve finished dealing with all the Hamas issues in Hebron”.
Hamas, while not claiming credit, hailed Friday’s killings at a checkpoint near the Palestinian city, in which attackers shot dead two Israeli soldiers and wounded three more.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact a heavy price for the attack just days before the polls and said he was planning an operation on a scale not seen since Israel first occupied the West Bank in 1967.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
All land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on election day.
Very likely · Within days

Large-scale protests broke out in France on Saturday, with about 410,000 people taking to the streets to oppose rising living costs and deteriorating school conditions. Police used tear gas and arrested more than 1,300 people in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and other places. Arson and looting occurred in many places. The Ministry of the Interior confirmed that 53 police officers were injured.

The Houthi armed forces in Yemen warned on the 25th that the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is still a target of its military strikes and prohibits the use of civil aviation. The airport previously announced that it would resume some terminal operations on the 25th. On the same day, the multinational coalition intercepted missiles and drones launched by the Houthi armed forces towards Riyadh.

The Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs held a closing press conference for the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiongan) in Xiongan New District, Hebei on the 25th. President Wu Ken announced the closure of the forum and pointed out that the participants had heated discussions on topics such as rebuilding confidence and cooperation, put forward more than 450 suggestions, and released the "Forum Vision Document."

Beijing pledged to support pro-unification forces in Taiwan on Sunday during a publicity campaign marking the 81st anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule.

Portuguese police dismantled a camp protesting against the housing crisis in central Lisbon early this morning and arrested several people. Portugal is facing a severe housing crisis, with house prices and rents soaring since 2017, and demonstrators are demanding that the government withdraw bills that would ease evictions and lift rent caps.

After Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks that "there is something going on in Taiwan" cooled Japan-China relations, cross-party Japanese congressmen visited China one after another in an attempt to break the deadlock, sparking public discussion. On the other hand, Japan-Taiwan congressmen's diplomacy continued to be active, and the number of members increased significantly.