On Saturday, Israeli forces sealed off the Bab al-Zawiya area and Beersheba Street, a main route to Hebron’s city center, to facilitate a settler incursion into an archaeological site.

Sanad News Agency cited local sources saying that large numbers of Israeli soldiers entered the Bab al-Zawiya area, forcing shop owners to shut their businesses. Residents were dispersed and the area was cleared to provide security for dozens of settlers who entered the archaeological site on Beersheba Street.

Hebron has recently seen a sharp increase in settler incursions into archaeological and religious locations, alongside heightened restrictions, closures, and repressive measures imposed by Israeli forces on local residents to enable these activities.