❗️Siege of West Bank displaces nearly 5,000 Palestinians as occupation forces seal off Hebron According to a detailed data analysis published by Al Jazeera, nearly 5,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes as Israel’s punitive military siege on the southern West Bank city of Hebron enters its second week. Occupation forces have locked down the city by sealing off all 10 primary access points, trapping the civilian population and systematically removing 4,969 residents across 780 families—representing approximately two percent of Hebron's 250,000 inhabitants. Municipal and human rights data show that the sweeping forced displacement campaign heavily impacts vulnerable populations, including 441 elderly citizens, 336 infants under two years of age, 312 chronic illness patients, over 200 pregnant or nursing women, and 44 individuals with disabilities. Hebron Mayor Youssef al-Jabari condemned the operation as a campaign of severe "collective punishment," noting that the number of displaced residents more than doubled within a 48-hour period as military units expanded home seizures and forced evacuations. The total blockade on Hebron coincides with broader military escalation across the occupied West Bank, where troops have commandeered residential structures into military outposts and restricted humanitarian movements. The ongoing structural isolation, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and targeted mass displacement in Hebron serve as part of an overarching strategy to fracture Palestinian territorial continuity and enforce long-term military domination.