Israel’s finance minister says the site will no longer be administered by the municipality authority in the West Bank city of Hebron.

The move shifts planning authority in Jewish Hebron and key holy sites to Israeli bodies, ending decades-old arrangements tied to the 1997 protocol and Oslo process

Amid intensifying military raids in the city, revoking the 1997 protocol gives the Israeli state full construction control over Hebron's key sites, such as Ibrahimi Mosque