New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- HEBRON, West Bank - Palestinians in Hebron faced an immediate Israeli security cordon on Friday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered forces to prepare a wider closure of the occupied West Bank after a shooting wounded five people near the city. Israeli forces killed two men the military identified as the attackers.

seal Hebron immediately and prepare for a broader shutdown starting that day. It did not establish that restrictions across the entire West Bank had already taken effect. The National reported the order following the attack near a military checkpoint.

"I have instructed the IDF and security forces to immediately cordon off the city of Hebron and to prepare for a full lockdown of all of Judea and ...