The Hebron municipality estimated that 35 hectares had been destroyed or marked for destruction, with about 1,500 people evicted from their homes in the Ein Deir Baha district by Saturday afternoon, according to The Guardian.

Hebron Mayor Yousef al-Ja'bari told Al Jazeera that around 2,200 Palestinians had been forcibly displaced from their homes in the al-Jalda and Ein Deir Bahha neighbourhoods, as Israeli forces continue a military operation in the occupied West Bank. Days ahead of elections, Netanyahu said there is a “very big surprise” for the Palestinian Authority and, asked whether he would dismantle it, declined to answer directly, saying he favoured “ruse and surprise”, according to Malay Mail.