Israeli soldiers close Al jazeera’s West Bank bureau over Gaza coverage

Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the DohaQatar-funded broadcaster as it covers Israel’s war on Gaza.

Al Jazeera aired footage of Israeli troops live on its Arabic-language channel ordering the office to be shut for 45 days. It follows an order issued in May that saw…