The Israeli Army said all land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on election day, October 27, and that it would enforce a ban on the entry and exit of Palestinian workers throughout Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, including industrial zones, according to The Hindu.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact a heavy price for Friday's attack, in which two Israeli soldiers were killed, and said he was planning an operation on a scale not seen since Israel first occupied the West Bank in 1967, according to the same newspaper.