Shooting attack near Hebron: two attackers killed, injuries and Israeli security meetings

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1. 23 Oct 2026, 07:30 The Israeli army announced a preliminary report of a shooting in the city of Hebron, saying details were still being examined, with no information on injuries or circumstances.
2. 23 Oct 2026, 07:32 The Israeli army announced a preliminary report that two people were injured in a shooting near the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank, without further details.
3. 23 Oct 2026, 07:40 Israeli Channel 14 reported that the shooting in Hebron targeted a military tower near the Telam settlement and caused injuries, without details on their nature or the perpetrator.
4. 23 Oct 2026, 07:51 The Israeli army announced that it killed two people it said participated in the shooting and imposed a siege on Palestinian villages, noting that combing operations were still ongoing.
5. 23 Oct 2026, 08:08 Israeli media reported that the exchange of fire between the Israeli military tower and the attackers in Hebron lasted more than 20 minutes.
6. 23 Oct 2026, 08:15 The Israeli ambulance service said the number of injured in the exchange of fire in Hebron rose to 6, while Israeli Army Radio reported that the shooters were killed and five people were injured, two of them critically.
7. 23 Oct 2026, 08:43 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an urgent security meeting after the exchange of fire in Hebron.
8. 23 Oct 2026, 09:50 An Israeli news website reported that five people were injured, two of them critically, in a shooting at a checkpoint near the Judea Junction in Mount Hebron, while the two perpetrators were killed. It said the perpetrators used two M-4 rifles and a pistol and arrived in a car with an Israeli license plate, and that security establishment estimates indicated they were planning an attack on civilians.
9. 23 Oct 2026, 09:54 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the cancellation of Likud party events scheduled for that morning after the Mount Hebron attack, according to the Hebrew Maariv newspaper. The newspaper quoted Eisenkot praising the soldiers' courage.
10. 23 Oct 2026, 09:57 An Israeli website reported that the perpetrators of the Judea Junction attack were residents of Hebron, each 27 years old, and that one of them appeared to belong to Hamas. A Hebrew page later said the two killed attackers belonged to Hamas in Hebron.
11. 23 Oct 2026, 10:20 An Israeli news website reported that the security establishment believes, based on the amount of ammunition found with the perpetrators of the Mount Hebron attack, that they were planning to reach one of Israel's largest cities and carry out one of the most severe attacks on the eve of the elections.
12. 23 Oct 2026, 10:24 Walla reported that a preliminary investigation indicated that the perpetrators of the Hebron attack ambushed Israeli forces and opened fire after the soldiers approached them.
13. 23 Oct 2026, 10:54 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israeli forces prevented a large-scale attack in the West Bank, without further details on the nature, location or timing of the attack.
14. 23 Oct 2026, 12:39 Al-Arabi TV reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the site of the shooting in the city of Hebron.
15. 23 Oct 2026, 12:46 Maariv quoted a senior Israeli officer saying that his forces prevented a very large operation, but acknowledging that Israel paid a heavy price in the Hebron attack.

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