Netanyahu orders major military operation in West Bank after Palestinian gunmen kill two IDF soldiers

Ramallah, Oct 23 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a major military operation in the West Bank after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others in a shooting attack near Hebron on Friday. The IDF said its troops killed the two attackers after a gunfight lasting more than 20 minutes at a temporary military checkpoint near the southern West Bank city. The gunmen, identified as Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba, both 27-year-old Hebron residents and members of the same family, arrived by car at around 7.30am (local time) before opening fire on soldiers conducting…