Israel raids towns, detains dozens of Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Israeli military raid targets at least 15 towns in the northern West Bank, including Nablus and Jenin.
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Israeli military raid targets at least 15 towns in the northern West Bank, including Nablus and Jenin.
Israel has imposed a lockdown across the occupied West Bank after a shooting near Hebron killed two Israeli soldiers.
As Israel approaches a consequential parliamentary election amid renewed violence in the occupied West Bank, Yedioth Ahronoth Senior Journalist Ben-Dror Yemini offers a critical assessment of Benjamin Netanyahu's political prospects, the limits of military escalation and the shifting relationship between national security and electoral legitimacy. Since October 7, 2023 "Netanyahu is not popular anymore," Yemini argues, identifying the Hamas-led attacks as a decisive turning point in the Israeli prime minister's public standing.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a โfull lockdownโ of the occupied West Bank following a shooting.
The olive harvest officially began in the West Bank on October 15, 2026, and it has coincided with an uptick in violence towards Palestinians carried out by both Israeli settlers and soldiers. Meanwhile, the settlers and soldiers have been using social media to promote an aesthetic, Instagram-friendly and nationalistic view of these harvests.
Residents of Madama describe being cut off from hospitals, schools, and olive groves as Israeli forces blockade village.
Israelโs PM is preparing to order a shutdown in the occupied West Bank lockdown after a shooting near Hebron.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to prepare for a full closure of the occupied West Bank Friday afterย Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men who the military said had launched a "terror attack" near the city of Hebron. Emergency services said five people were injured and evacuated to hospitals.
Suspected Palestinian militants wounded five Israelis on Friday before two gunmen were killed in a prolonged shoot-out, leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the closure of the West Bank days before Israeli elections. Netanyahu, facing a tight race for a new term in Tuesdayโs election, said that Israeli troops prevented what could have been a major attack, with the assailants allegedly carrying a large quantity of ammunition in their vehicle. An Agence France-Presse journalist who...
Israeli court releases nine settler suspects over West Bank attacks as investigations into recent assaults continue.
Israeli forces are raiding Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and turning them into interrogation centres.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are organising to protect themselves from settler attacks.
Analysis of map coordinates and timelines raises doubts over official Israeli accounts of West Bank settler pogrom.
Israeli settlers attacked an EU delegation in the occupied West Bank while it was visiting olive harvesters near Taybeh.
Masked Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
What led to the deaths of the nine Americans killed in the occupied West Bank since 2022?
The Israeli military condemns the violence but the prime minister's office says it is part of a "smear" campaign.
Attacks follow a religious edict by a prominent far-right rabbi permitting the seizure of Palestinian olives.
Hospitals across the occupied West Bank have been hit by a funding shortage.
Rio Times ยท Asia Intelligence Brief October 16, 2026 โ Indonesia's Jakarta Composite fell more than 10% after MSCI warned its emerging-market status was no longer appropriate; South Korea's Kospi rose 2.1% and Japan's Nikkei rose 1.4% in partial recovery; China's Wang Yi told Israel to stop West Bank settlement expansion. The post Asia Intelligence Brief โ Friday, October 16, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Israel to halt and reverse West Bank settlement expansion and called for an immediate easing of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, in a meeting with Israelโs president on Thursday. โThe imperative priority is to fully open access routes into Gaza. Two million civilians must not be left to struggle on the brink of survival, nor can this humanitarian catastrophe be allowed to spread,โ Wang said, according to a statement released by Chinaโs foreign ministry on...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of a conference.
A Palestinian exhibition opening simultaneously in Bethlehem and Gaza is challenging Israeli restrictions.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank see little prospect Israelโs election will change their lives under occupation.
A year into the ceasefire, nearly two-thirds of Gaza is in Israeli hands and Netanyahu vows control of the West Bank.
Palestinians have been displaced from their homes in Tulkarem refugee camp and dream of returning home.
Al Jazeeraโs Nida Ibrahim reports from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank where Israeli forces raided several NGOs.
A year after Gaza's ceasefire, Israeli attacks persist as settler violence disrupts West Bank's oil harvest.
At least 19 settler attacks recorded across territory on Friday as Israeli forces separately detain 16 Palestinians.