The Israeli army continues its blockade and attacks in occupied Hebron for the 7th day

According to information received from local sources, Israeli forces' raids and attacks in the city of Hebron and the regions connected to the city continue.

The Israeli army seized houses belonging to Palestinians in the Deir Bahha and Al-Jilda neighborhoods and turned them into military positions.

It was observed that Israeli forces closed the passages with iron gates in the Old City area of ​​Hebron, stopped Palestinians at military checkpoints, searched them and mistreated civilians.

In Hebron, 80 thousand students were deprived of face-to-face education in 1 week

According to the statement of the Hebron Education Directorate affiliated with the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the official Palestinian agency WAFA, 66 schools were directly affected by the restrictions imposed in the fourth week of October.

While face-to-face education was suspended in many schools across Hebron due to the blockade and closures imposed by Israeli forces, thousands of students had to turn to distance education.

It was reported that 2,872 students in Hebron, who were directly affected by the Israeli attacks, could not reach their classes. It was reported that 2,198 of these students were in areas directly under blockade, and 674 of them were forcibly removed from their homes.

It was stated that the blockade negatively affected 119 teachers and administrative staff, 98 of whom remained in the besieged areas and 21 were displaced. It was noted that education has been carried out remotely since October 25 due to the closure of the city entrances and intense raids in Deir Bahha and El-Cilde neighborhoods.

It was emphasized that 80 thousand students throughout the city were deprived of face-to-face education within a week due to Israel's siege of Hebron.

Attack and siege in Hebron

The Israeli army's attack and siege of Hebron began after an armed attack on an Israeli checkpoint in the Farsh al-Heva region at the northwestern entrance of the city on October 23.

2 Israeli soldiers were killed and 3 soldiers were injured in the attack. The two Palestinians who carried out the attack were killed by the Israeli army.

The Israeli army announced that the attack and siege on Hebron could last several days.

In his statement 2 days after the start of the siege, Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said that approximately 2 thousand Palestinians who were evacuated from their homes in Hebron will not be able to return to their homes until Israel eliminates the structures in the city that it describes as Hamas's "infrastructure".

Following the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also threatened to launch a military offensive in the occupied West Bank on a scale not seen since the 1967 war.

According to the last statement made by Hebron Municipality on the evening of October 27, it was reported that the number of people displaced due to military attacks in the region reached 4 thousand 969 Palestinians, including 780 families.