Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to prepare for a “very extensive” operation in the occupied West Bank, according to The Guardian. The newspaper reported that the order followed an exchange of fire near a checkpoint in Hebron in which two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinians were killed.

The Guardian also reported that Netanyahu said the military would go house to house as part of the operation. The newspaper's account of his remarks was brief, and the summary available does not include further detail on how the operation would be carried out.

According to The Guardian, the Israeli military said it had thwarted an attack by two armed Palestinians near the checkpoint. The military's account of the incident is the basis for the description of the exchange of fire in that report.

CBS News reported that two Israeli soldiers were allegedly killed in the West Bank by a pair of Palestinian men, according to Israel's military, and that Netanyahu vowed a major military operation in response. The network's video report by CBS News was reported by Imtiaz Tyab.

The two accounts differ in some respects. The Guardian described the two Palestinians as killed in the exchange of fire, while CBS News said the soldiers were allegedly killed by the Palestinian men and did not mention the deaths of the Palestinians in its summary. CBS News described the planned response as a major operation, while The Guardian reported the order as a very extensive one.

Both reports attribute key details to Israel's military and to Netanyahu. The summaries available do not name the soldiers or the Palestinians involved, and they do not give a timetable for the operation.

Sources: The Guardian: Netanyahu orders ‘very extensive’ operation in West Bank after two Israeli soldiers killed; CBS News: Deadly attack in West Bank prompts Israeli operation.