Israel seals village after raid

Lockdown follows, two residents killed

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Israeli forces imposed a lockdown on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, marking a second day of operations after a local resident killed two people in Israel.

“The IDF is operating forcefully against terror hubs in the village of Qabatiya, accompanied by a lockdown and a complete cordon around the locality,’ Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement issued by his office.

“We will continue to pursue an uncompromising offensive policy against Palestinian terror,’ he added.

Bilal Hunaisha, a resident of Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank, said the village was being subjected to collective punishment.

“As you can see, they blocked the way to my house and I am no longer able to move around,” he told AFP, pointing to rubble piled across the road.