Why Israel’s latest assault on Hebron is so significant for the West Bank
Mass expulsions, blockades and expanding settler control in Hebron threaten to devastate the West Bank economy.
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Mass expulsions, blockades and expanding settler control in Hebron threaten to devastate the West Bank economy.
Evictions, raids and outpost expansion continue across the occupied West Bank amid heightened tensions.
Israel says it will close all land crossings with the occupied West Bank when it holds a general election on Tuesday.
Israel said on Sunday all land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on the day of next week’s election, as it pledged a harder line on militancy after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the territory. The announcement came a day after Israeli forces pushed into the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and displaced around 2,000 residents, with Defence Minister Israel Katz saying, “they will not be allowed to return … until we’ve finished dealing with all the Hamas issues in...
The Israeli Defense Forces announces restrictions on the movement of Palestinian workers in the run-up to Tuesday's election.
Israel preparing a full lockdown of occupied West Bank after Hebron gunfight.
Palestinians in Hebron are 'living in fear' with the city closed, while Israeli forces arrest dozens across the West Bank.
Israel announced it would be closing all land crossings with the West Bank on the day of next week's parliamentary elections. The measure comes as Israel conducts a large-scale operation in the occupied Palestinian territory and 2,000 residents of Hebron have been displaced from their homes after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the area.
Israel has imposed widespread closures across the occupied West Bank and displaced residents following attacks by Palestinian gunmen that killed two Israeli soldiers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the site of the attack near Hebron and instructed security forces to immediately cordon off the city. Morgan Ayre reports.
Netanyahu says 'we will destroy this place' as Israeli forces begin days-long operation with raids and demolitions.
Already struggling after losing homes to Israeli military operations, Palestinians face hardship as WFP halves aid.
Israel’s military launched an operation in the occupied West Bank on Friday it said would last several days and include searches and building demolitions, after gunmen killed two soldiers days ahead of Israeli elections featuring security as a key focus. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is locked in a tight race to keep his job in Tuesday’s vote, having campaigned on promises to keep Israelis safe, and he and his right-wing allies visited the scene of the attack to pledge an even harder line on...
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 “full lockdown” 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.
Israel’s 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 after 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 Tuesday’s 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.