Heavily armed Israeli troops raid and close down Al Jazeera's West Bank office

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class="content-top"> <div class="region region-content-top"> <h1 class="page-title"> <span class="field field-title">Heavily armed Israeli troops raid and close down Al Jazeera's West Bank office</span> </h1> </div> </div> <section class="page-main-content"> <a href="#main-content" aria-label="Main content" id="main-content" class="visually-hidden" tabindex="-1"></a> <div class="field field-field-subhead">Soldiers say a military order was issued to close the network's Ramallah bureau for 45 days </div> <div class="field field-field-main-image"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/article_page/public/images-story/AljazeeraraidramallahSeptember24.png.webp?itok=oK8KKxjA 1x" type="image/webp" width="1400" height="788"/> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/article_page/public/images-story/AljazeeraraidramallahSeptember24.png.webp?itok=oK8KKxjA 1x" width="1400" height="788" 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cameras, documents and other devices. </p> <p>The network condemned the raid against its journalists. </p> <p>Staff from the network added that they feared Israel would destroy their archives during the raid, which are stored in the office.</p> <h3>Crackdown</h3> <p>Sunday’s raid came after the Israeli government <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-government-votes-shut-down-al-jazeera">in May</a> banned Al Jazeera from operating inside Israel, as Israel continued its bombardment <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza">of the Gaza Strip</a> and crackdown against <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine">Palestinians</a> in the occupied West Bank.</p> <div class="mee-readmore mee-readmore-article-story mee-readmore-type-image align-right"> <a class="mee-readmore-img-link" href="/news/israeli-government-votes-shut-down-al-jazeera"><img class="mee-readmore-image" 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