Netanyahu Orders West Bank Closure After Soldier Deaths in Armed Exchange
Source Summary
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday, with two Palestinian gunmen also killed in the exchange. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the closure of the West Bank in response to the incident.
Why it matters
The incident and subsequent closure order represent an escalation in Israeli-Palestinian tensions in the West Bank, a territory at the center of the decades-long conflict.
