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Netanyahu visits occupied southern Lebanon

TEL AVIV/BEIRUT: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tue­sday visited Lebanese territory occupied by the Israeli military, telling soldiers that Israel would not withdra­w from the country’s south as long as Hezbollah continued to pose a threat. It was the first visit by Netanyahu to occupied Lebanese territory since the Israeli and Lebanese governments reached a security agreement on Friday mediated by the United States under which Israel will hand over two areas to Lebanon’s army. “Our insistence is that we will not leave southern Lebanon until the th­­reat is removed,” Netanyahu told tro­ops, according to a statement released by his office, referring to Hezbollah. “And as long as Hezbollah remains here, armed and threatening us, we will remain here as well,” he said. Netanyahu, who last publicly visited occupied Lebanese territory in April, was joined by Defence Minister Israel Katz and senior military officials. Hundreds of thousands head home as fighting eases, many still stranded Pilot zones Under the US-backed security agreement, Israeli forces are to withdraw from two “pilot zones” and allow the Lebanese armed forces to take control of the areas. Few details have been made public on how the project will work in practice. Israel invaded Lebanon on March 2, sparking a regional war that killed thousands, mostly in Iran and Lebanon but also in the Gulf and in Israel. Israel’s military has created a “buffer zone” about 10 km into Lebanon along the entire length of the Israeli border. Israeli officials say the zone is necessary to protect northern Israeli communities from attacks launched by Hezbollah. The military has forced the local Lebanese population from their homes and carried out raids of villages, destroying buildings. The military says it is destroying infrastructure, including underground tunnels, used by Hezbollah. Over 4,000 Lebanese have been killed and more than a million displaced by Israel’s campaign in Lebanon since March. At least 32 Israeli soldiers and four Israeli civilians have been killed by Hezbollah, most of them in southern Lebanon. Netanyahu told Israeli troops on Tuesday that Hezbollah still had around 12,000 rockets and missiles in its arsenal and that the Israeli military had killed 9,000 militants in Lebanon. He gave no timeframe for the latter figure but appeared to be referring to the number killed since March 2. Thousands head home Some 400,000 Lebanese uprooted by war have returned to southern Lebanon, with more expected to follow in the coming week, the social affairs minister said on Tuesday, encouraged by a lull in the four-month-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Yet many remain unable to go back. Since March, around 1 million people have been forced to flee their homes, and large numbers are still in shelters or temporary housing because their homes are destroyed or uninhabitable, said Hanine El Sayed. Roughly 40pc of those displaced have now returned to their towns and villages. The number of people staying in collective shelters has fallen sharply, to about 13,000 from 37,000, she said. While some shelters will remain open for families who cannot return, aid programmes including emergency cash support will continue. The number of shelters has dropped from 692 at the height of the crisis to 479, with additional centres opened in Nabatieh for those wanting to stay near their home areas. El Sayed said the headline figures conceal a gap between those able to return and those still displaced. “These are families that are able to return to something, at least the basic minimum,” she said. “The fact that the others have not returned means they have a much harder situation.” Authorities expect further returns in the coming days and hope within about a week to better gauge how many families cannot go back at all. “In about a week’s time ... we would really know the size of the problem how many absolutely cannot return because their homes have been totally damaged,” she said. Challenges For many, returning home does not mean a return to normal life. Families are often finding damaged houses, scarce electricity and water, and destroyed businesses and livelihoods, as the government works to restore basic services and expand cash assistance, rental support and employment programmes. Yet despite these hardships, many are choosing to return. Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2026

Israeli soldier injured in southern Lebanon clashes, army says

Military says reservist wounded ‘in close-quarters encounter’ on Thursday

Netanyahu says some Lebanese Christian villages 'asked to be annexed' by Israel

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants. Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes. Israel responded with massive airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, where its troops now occupy

8 Palestinians injured in occupier attack, Israeli army arrests elderly man

Children among those injured in southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian Red Crescent says

2 killed in Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

Strike targets 2 young men walking in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, reports Lebanese media

Israeli drones strike Lebanon despite US-brokered framework deal

The latest strikes reportedly injure two, as Amnesty urges probe into earlier Israeli attacks which killed 24 civilians.

10 Palestinians injured in Israeli occupier, army attacks in occupied West Bank

Palestinian territory has seen intensified Israeli military offensives, occupier violence since October 2023

US Democrat Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

US Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers armed with US-made rifles during a West Bank visit this week that he cast as an unfiltered look at the human toll of Israeli occupation as he weighs a 2028 presidential run. Speaking with Reuters on Thursday in a Palestinian village, Khanna said his group’s van was surrounded by settlers wielding M4 rifles a day earlier while touring a part of the southern West Bank, where residents face frequent settler attacks. “We were at a village that Israeli settlers had destroyed, they had destroyed the school, they had destroyed that village, and we were just looking at it,” said Khanna, a progressive lawmaker from California in the US House of Representatives. “And these hoodlums come in with machine guns, M4, an American-made machine gun, and they detain us. They block off the road. And then they call the IDF, and the IDF is on their side, not on the side of the Americans,” Khanna said, referring to the Israeli military. US Democratic Representative Ro Khanna speaks with a Palestinian resident of Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, during a visit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 9, 2026. — Reuters An aide to Khanna who was in the group, Cameron Kasky, said they were held for more than an hour and made appeals to the US Embassy in Jerusalem for help. A group of officers who appeared to be police eventually intervened, leading to their release, Kasky said. The Israeli military said troops and police officers intervened after receiving a report of settlers blocking vehicles near Khirbet Zanuta, a small Palestinian hamlet whose residents were forcibly displaced by violent settler raids following the 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel. “Upon their arrival, the troops dispersed the Israeli civilians and allowed the vehicles to continue on their way,” the military said. Israel’s police did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the US Embassy in Jerusalem. Democrats divided over Israeli conduct Khanna is the second Democrat considering a White House bid to visit the region this week. In Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Rahm Emanuel, who was chief of staff to former president Barack Obama, said Israeli policies toward Palestinians were eroding support for the US-Israeli alliance. Asked if he was running for president, Khanna said: “I’m strongly considering it, and I’m more resolved to consider it after this trip.” Israel’s conduct toward Palestinians has emerged as a flashpoint in Democratic politics ahead of November’s US midterm elections, contributing to primary defeats for some incumbent lawmakers targeted by left-wing challengers who accused them of supporting Israel’s right-wing government. Israel’s favorability rating among Democrats fell from 59 per cent in 2018 to 22 per cent in May, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. While Israel has long enjoyed strong bipartisan US support, an increasing number of Democrats in Congress are now pressing to cut off military aid, which amounts to $3.8 billion per year and includes funding for light weaponry like M4 rifles and missile interceptors that Israel used in the Iran war. Overlooking a valley dotted with settler outposts on the outskirts of Turmus Ayya, a village home to thousands of Palestinian-American dual nationals, Khanna said he believed his party’s establishment was “clueless about how much of a moral test Palestine, Gaza and Israel have become”. An Israeli settlement near Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on February 16, 2026. — Reuters/File He said he chose to do a visit exclusively to the West Bank, with programming led by Palestinians, to give him an unfiltered view of the territory Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war. “If you’re unwilling to speak up for Palestinian human rights, if you’re unwilling to speak up against the genocide in Gaza, the apartheid in the West Bank, then you are morally compromised,” Khanna stressed. Israel rejects allegations that it carried out a genocide in Gaza, or that it instituted an apartheid regime in the West Bank, which has a population of about 3 million Palestinians and around 500,000 Jewish settlers. Most countries and the United Nations regard Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal under international law, citing the Fourth Geneva Convention’s prohibition on transferring a civilian population into occupied territory. Israel rejects that position, saying the West Bank is disputed territory where there has been a Jewish presence for thousands of years. Palestinians view the West Bank, together with Gaza and East Jerusalem, as part of a Palestinian state. Support remains strong among Republicans, though some elements of Trump’s coalition have also called for cutting off aid.

US lawmaker Ro Khanna says Israeli settlers armed with US-made rifles detained him in West Bank

US Representative Ro Khanna reported being detained by armed Israeli settlers. The incident occurred while he was visiting a destroyed Palestinian village. Israeli security forces eventually intervened and dispersed the settlers. Khanna stated the trip strengthened his resolve for a presidential run. He also criticized US support for Israel and called for action against alleged genocide.

US congressman says he was detained by armed Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank

Ro Khanna said settlers were armed with US-made weapons and Israel Defense Forces refused to intervene The US congressman Ro Khanna says armed Israeli settlers detained him during a visit to the Israel-occupied West Bank recently, describing the experience as a first-hand view of the realities faced by Palestinians living under occupation. In an interview with Reuters on Thursday from a Palestinian village, the progressive US House Democrat from California said his detention happened the previous day while his delegation visited an area of the southern West Bank that has experienced repeated attacks by Israeli settlers. Continue reading...

Israel police arrest 4 settlers over West Bank attack on CNN crew

JERUSALEM: Israeli police said they arrested four suspects on Saturday for allegedly damaging a vehicle carrying foreign journalists in the occupied West Bank, in an incident that US broadcaster CNN described as an attack on its crew by Israeli settlers.

Israeli settlers detain US Rep. Ro Khanna during West Bank trip

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna said Saturday that armed Israeli settlers briefly detained him and other Americans during a visit to the occupied West Bank, accusing the Israeli military of co...

Israel allocates $434 million for 34 new West Bank settlements

JERUSALEM, July 14 - Israel's security cabinet approved a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($434 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday, adding to tensions over territory widely viewed as central to a potential Palestinian state.

Israel allocates $434m for 34 new West Bank settlements

JERUSALEM: Israel’s security cabinet approved a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($434 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday, adding to tensions over territory widely viewed as central to a potential Palestinian state. UN bodies, Palestinians and most countries view the settlements as illegal under international conventions and a primary obstacle to peace. Smotrich, who has long opposed Palestinian statehood, is head of the Reli­gious Zionism party that draws much of its support from settlements and is running in the upcoming legislative election on Oct 27. The planned settlements would bring the total established under his four-year tenure to 103. Smotrich said another 1.075 billion shekels would be approved to pave roads to the new settlements. Last month, government ministers referred the settlement funding plan to the security cabinet. Smotrich called the cabinet’s decision historic and a “day of celebration for Israel and settlements”, thanking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his support. Opinion polls point to Netanyahu losing in the October election. “We are strengthening the security of the State of Israel, killing the idea of establishing a terrorist state in the heart of the country, and strengthening our hold on the homeland in Judea and Samaria,” Smotrich said in a statement, using the biblical term for the West Bank. There has been a rise in settler violence in recent months against Palestinians and their property. About 700,000 Israeli settlers live among 2.7 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israel has not extended sovereignty to the occupied West Bank, while refuting international objections to the settlements and arguing that it is a disputed territory where Jews have lived for thousands of years. Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2026

3 Palestinians injured in occupier attacks, Israeli army arrests 6 in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces carried out raids, searches in several areas, while occupiers damaged Palestinian vehicles near Nablus, local sources say

In occupied zone of Lebanon, Israeli military veterans see shadow of past wars

ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER, July 15 - Israeli leaders describe the territory now occupied in Lebanon as a war gain, but some military veterans see the so-called \"buffer zone\" as a deadly replay of a doomed strategy they experienced first-hand.

Israeli army shoots Palestinian teen, arrests 32 in West Bank raids

Israeli forces shot and wounded a 16-year-old Palestinian in the chest during a military raid on the town of Bani Naim east of Hebron on Thursday, while separate operations across the occupied West Bank resulted in the arrest of 32 Palestinians, according to medical sources and prisoner advocacy groups.

Palestinians injured in Israeli settler attacks across West Bank

More than 30 people reportedly arrested across the occupied territory, as Israel intensifies its siege.

Jewish families move into new West Bank settlement

RAMALLAH: Israeli families moved into a new settlement on a mountain towering over the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the settler regional council for the area said. “This morning, families from the Ebal founding group are transferring their equipment and moving into caravans in the new Ebal settlement, established in Samaria,” the Samaria Regional Council said, using the Biblical name for the north of the West Bank. Excluding east Jerusalem, more than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements in the West Bank, which Israel has occ­upied since 1967, among some three million Palestinians. All Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. In a video shared by the council, a dozen Israeli settlers were seen carrying moving boxes and furniture into mobile-homes typical of new settlements. Mount Ebal is one of the highest peaks in the West Bank. In the valley below, residents of Nablus’ Old City said they could see the settlement’s homes. “Palestinian citizens used to go to Mount Ebal to stroll and breathe fresh air, but today they have cut off our air by encircling Nablus from all sides with settlements and attacks,” said Ghassan Daghlas, governor of the Nablus region. He said a military camp and parts of a settlement on the other mountain near Nablus, Mount Gerizim, had already made Palestinian residents feel encircled. Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2026

EU reiterates its call on Israel to refrain from more expansion of settlements

Earlier this week, Israel's security cabinet approved a plan with a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($427.8 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the West Bank

Israeli occupiers burn mosque, injure 4 Palestinians in West Bank attacks

2 homes also set ablaze, 6 Palestinians injured in occupied territory

Israeli occupiers torch mosque, injure 4 Palestinians in West Bank attacks

Israeli army issues 22 eviction, demolition orders for Palestinian homes in north of occupied East Jerusalem

‘Jewish terrorism’ in West Bank ‘threatens everyone’s security,’ Israeli commander warns

Central Command chief Avi Blot says occupier violence harms Israel’s international legitimacy

West Bank killings show Israel’s encouragement of ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians, Israeli rights group says

B’Tselem says soldiers killed 2 Palestinians in Deir Jarir village while protecting occupiers who stole dozens of sheep

‘Israeli settlers are in partnership with the army,’ say Palestinians after two shot dead in West Bank

Residents of Deir Jarir say series of raids late on Sunday, also involving security forces, is part of a pattern of violence Even by the brutal standards of militant settler violence in the West Bank, the raid on Deir Jarir late on Sunday night that killed two Palestinians and left another in hospital with a gunshot wound was extreme. Palestinians in the town said settlers from a nearby outpost arrived after 9pm on Sunday claiming that they were searching for stolen livestock. Israeli soldiers and police soon joined them, protecting them as they sought to take several villagers’ sheep by force. Continue reading...

2 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces, occupier wounded in West Bank clashes

Israeli forces shoot Palestinians after occupiers set fire to farmland east of Nablus, says Anadolu correspondent

Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces as West Bank fields set ablaze

Two men were killed in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus. An Israeli settler was also reportedly stabbed.

Israeli strike, West Bank violence kill five Palestinians, officials say

JERUSALEM, July 23 - An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, medics there said, and three others were shot dead in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian authorities and the Israeli military.

1 Israeli occupier killed, 3 injured in shooting near Nablus, West Bank

Palestinians seized weapon of security officer at illegal Havat Gilad settlement in occupied West Bank and opened fire on occupiers, reports Israeli media

4 Palestinians killed in Israeli army, occupiers attack near West Bank’s Nablus

4 others injured as Israeli forces, occupiers attack town of Tell, says Health Ministry

Four Palestinians and one Israeli killed in West Bank shooting

July 24 - Four Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in a shooting incident in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to Israeli and Palestinian health officials.

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli army, settler attack near Nablus

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Friday that four Palestinians were killed and four others wounded, three of them critically, during a coordinated assault by Israeli forces and settlers on the town of Tell southwest of Nablus, marking the latest fatalities in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli PM vows to act ‘with force’ after deadly violence in West Bank

The Israeli military said it had deployed soldiers after an Israeli man was killed in violence in the occupied West Bank that also left four Palestinians dead.

Israel PM vows to act ‘with force’ after deadly violence in West Bank

An Israeli and four Palestinians were killed.

Four Palestinians killed as Israeli settlers raid occupied West Bank town

One Israeli was also killed near town of Tal in Nablus, according to Israel's Magen David Adom rescue services.

Four Palestinians and one Israeli killed during West Bank settler attack

Several others seriously injured in attack that residents of Palestinian village say also involved Israeli military Four Palestinians and one Israeli have been killed in a shooting in the northern West Bank, health officials have said, during what residents described as a settler attack also involving the Israeli military. Several more people were seriously injured. The serious incident in the Palestinian village of Tell, near Nablus, is the deadliest attack in the West Bank this year and has the potential to lead to a series of reprisals between Israeli-backed settlers and Palestinian communities. Continue reading...

5 Killed in West Bank Shooting, Officials Say, Among the Deadliest in Months

The authorities said four Palestinians and an Israeli were killed in the incident. The details of events remain unclear, with officials offering differing accounts.

Israel cancels soldiers' leave as West Bank tensions flare over deadly shooting

Netanyahu vows forceful response after deadly West Bank clash

NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a forceful response Friday after a clash in the West Bank killed an Israeli and four Palestinians, while the military announced preparations for a new operation in the occupied area.

Israel launches military operation after deadly clash near Palestinian village

By Ali Sawafta and Sinan Abu Mayzer TAL, West Bank, July 24 (Reuters) - Four Palestinians and one Israeli were killed near a Palestinian village on Friday in a confrontation that added to a growing toll over recent weeks as Israeli settler violence has intensified against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The incident near the village of Tal, southwest of Nablus, took place as settler attacks on Palestinian villages have increased sharply since the start of the year, according to figures from the United Nations.

Five killed in occupied West Bank after Israeli settlers attack

Four Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank village of Till

Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting

Palestinians say villagers came under attack by settlers, while the Israeli military says a Palestinian stole a weapon and opened fire on hikers.

Israeli military kills four Palestinians after settler killed in West Bank

Two other Israelis and four more Palestinians were wounded, health officials said, and the Israeli military announced it was preparing for an “extensive” counterterror operation in the West Bank, with troops surrounding the town of Nablus

LIVE: Israeli settlers attack West Bank’s Nablus, shooting leaves six dead

Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed after about 20 settlers raid the village of Tal in occupied West Bank.

Deadly clash near West Bank village kills 4 Palestinians, 2 Israelis as IDF launches major operation

Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed near a Palestinian village on Friday in a confrontation that added to a growing toll over recent weeks as Israeli settler violence has intensified against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Netanyahu orders West Bank crackdown, settlement push

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to take "forceful steps" in the West Bank after a shooting near Havat Gilad settlement and the Palestinian village of Tell left one Israeli settler dead and three wounded, AzerNEWS reports.

UN's Albanese warns of escalating Israeli violence in occupied West Bank, urges protection for Palestinians

UN rights rapporteur calls for international protective presence amid rising occupier attacks in West Bank

Palestinian presidency condemns attacks by Israeli occupiers across West Bank, urges international action

Holds Israeli government responsible for what it calls occupiers’ ‘terrorism,’ warns occupied territory is being pushed toward ‘explosion’

Netanyahu orders 'wide-scale' military offensive in occupied West Bank villages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have ordered a "wide-scale military operation" in Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank following a shooting attack that killed two soldiers. Israeli forces raided Nablus while settlers attacked nearby villages.

Netanyahu orders new settler posts in occupied West Bank

• Israeli settlers kill 4 Palestinians, hurt 5, torch olive groves in deadly West Bank raids JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday his government would establish new settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and legalise more existing ones, a move that followed a deadly raid by armed Israeli settlers who stormed West Bank villages and killed four Palestinians. Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced “a series of steps” targeting Palestinians. These include military raids on Palestinian villages and “accelerating the legalisation of farm outposts and establishment of new ones”. Under international law, all Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are illegal. Netanyahu vowed in a statement to “act with full force”, adding he would convene a meeting of security officials. Friday’s deadly violence erupted near the Palestinian village of Tell and the settler outpost of Havat Gilad in the West Bank, territory Israel has illegally occupied since 1967. Excluding East Jerusalem, more than 500,000 Israelis live in these settlements alongside roughly 3 million Palestinians. Walid Zidan, head of the Tell village council, said the violence began when a mob of about 20 Israeli settlers invaded the Palestinian community. “Villagers came out to defend their homes and property. Clashes and physical altercations broke out between the residents and the settlers,” Zidan said. “Israeli soldiers were present and, together with the settlers, began opening fire. ... It was the settlers who stormed the village, with the intention of killing, vandalising and setting property on fire.” The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed four Palestinians were killed and four others wounded. Grieving Palestinian families gathered at hospitals in the nearby city of Nablus, where the victims’ bodies were taken. Israel also claimed that two Israelis died during the violence. The Israeli military characterised the attack as a “violent confrontation” between Palestinians and Israeli civilians. A military official stated an emergency response team from Havat Gilad arrived with soldiers, resulting in one security team member killed and others injured. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said a man in his 30s was pronounced dead, and two others in their 20s were evacuated by helicopter with gunshot wounds. Following the deadly settler raid, the Israeli military announced it was preparing an “extensive” operation in the occupied territory. The army postponed soldiers’ leave, deployed additional forces and set up roadblocks, severely restricting movement and preventing journalists from accessing the site. Hours later, Israeli settlers launched a separate attack on the nearby Palestinian village of Farata. Abdel Moneim Shanneh, head of the local council, said settlers set fire to Palestinian olive groves. “The army prevented young men from the village from extinguishing fires and opened fire on them,” Shanneh said, adding that five Palestinian men were injured. Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has intensified dramatically since the Gaza war began. According to data from the Palestinian Health Ministry, Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed at least 1,094 Palestinians over the same period. Israeli figures show 47 Israelis have been killed. Published in Dawn, July 25th, 2026

Türkiye condemns killings, settler violence as Israel widens West Bank operation

Türkiye has condemned escalating settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territories after four Palestinians were killed during a confrontation involving Israeli settlers, troops and residents near the West Bank city of Nablus.

Israeli army detains at least 48 Palestinians across West Bank, 8 injured in attack by occupiers

Israeli forces arrest more than 40 Palestinians in Tell near Nablus, 5 in Jenin governorate and 3 in Bethlehem

UN rapporteur calls Israeli attacks in occupied West Bank civilians ‘pogroms’

Francesca Albanese accuses Israeli civilians and army of ‘joining forces’ in attacks, calls for immediate arms embargo, halt to trade with Israel

Palestinians bury four people killed in occupied West Bank clash with Israeli settlers

Grieving family members on Saturday buried four Palestinian men killed during a clash with Israeli settlers a day earlier in the occupied West Bank. Palestinians reported a series of violent settler attacks on other villages in the Palestinian territory late Friday following the deadly confrontation, with local officials saying Israelis had set fire to olive groves in Farata and opened fire on people trying to extinguish the blaze.

Israel arrests dozens of Palestinians in West Bank amid settler attacks

Military crackdown follows a shooting that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers.

Israeli forces detain 70 Palestinians across West Bank, eight injured in settler attack

Israeli forces detained at least 70 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while eight others were injured in a separate attack by settlers. The arrests followed a wide-scale military operation ordered by Netanyahu after a shooting near an illegal settlement.

Palestinians bury four killed in West Bank clash with Israeli settlers

On Friday, about 20 Israeli settlers from a nearby settlement entered the village of Tell and clashed with residents defending their property, leaving four Palestinians and two settlers dead.

Israeli forces detain 70 Palestinians in West Bank raids, injure 8

Israeli forces detained at least 70 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while eight Palestinians were injured in a separate attack by Israeli settlers,...

Israel detains more than 70 suspects after deadly violence in West Bank

Israel's military says it detained more than 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead.

War in the Middle East: Deadly violence mounts in the West Bank

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Israeli settlers raid West Bank town of Tell for second day, raze land

Israeli settlers returned to the occupied West Bank town of Tell for a second consecutive day, installing mobile structures and bulldozing land inside the town, as the army announced a "wide-scale" military offensive following deadly clashes that left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.

Batı Şeria'da yeni kriz! İsrail 763 konutluk yerleşim projesini açıkladı

İsrail'in Kanal 14 televizyonunun haberine göre, İsrailli Bakan Smotrich, Nablus kentinde Filistin toprakları gasbedilerek kurulan yerleşim yerlerini genişleteceklerini söyledi. Smotrich, Nablus'un güneyinde yer alan Eli yerleşiminde 763 konutun inşa edilmesinin planlandığını aktardı. Bu planla yerleşim yerinin 3 kat genişleyeceğini söyleyen Smotrich, gasbedilen Filistin toprakları üzerinde yapılan yeni konutlara binlerce yerleşimcinin gelebileceğini ifade etti. Smotrich, daha önce yaptığı açıklamada, 2022 yılının sonlarında hükümetin kurulmasından bu yana işgal altındaki Batı Şeria'da 104 yerleşim yeri ve 160 tarım merkezinin kurulmasını onayladığını söylemişti. FİLİSTİNLİLERİN GÖÇE ZORLANMASI Filistin topraklarını gasbeden, nüfusu yaklaşık 750 bin olan İsrailliler, Batı Şeria'da 141 yerleşim birimi ile 224 kaçak yerleşimde yaşıyor. Doğu Kudüs'te ise Filistin topraklarını gasbeden yaklaşık 250 bin İsraillinin ikamet ettiği belirtiliyor. Ayrım Duvarı ve Yahudi Yerleşim Birimleriyle Mücadele Heyeti'nin 6 Temmuz'da yayımladığı raporda, Filistin topraklarını gasbeden İsraillilerin bu yılın ilk 6 ayında Filistinlilere 3 bin 488 saldırı gerçekleştirdiği aktarılmıştı. KAÇAK YERLEŞİMLER Gaspçı İsrailliler, Filistin beldelerine baskın yapma, ev kundaklama, silahlı saldırı düzenleme, toprak gasbetme ve kaçak yerleşim yeri kurma gibi saldırılarda bulunuyor. Saldırılar arasında Filistin köylerine baskınlar, ev yakma, silahlı saldırılar, toprak gaspı ve yerleşim karakollarının kurulması yer aldı ve bu olaylarda 17 Filistinli hayatını kaybetti. Filistinliler ise söz konusu saldırıların işgal altındaki Batı Şeria'nın ilhakının yolunu açmak için yapıldığı konusunda uyarıda bulunuyor. Yunanistan'ı korkutan F-35 ihtimali! Türkiye ile Çin'i kıyasladılar: 6 tane bile yeter 100 bin sterlinlik altın! Yıllar boyunca 'gizlice' bağışladı, herkes onu arıyor

Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash

QUSRA, West Bank, July 26 - Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, setting fire to two mosques and scrawling graffiti on buildings, Palestinian officials said.

Israeli settlers torch 2 mosques in West Bank: Palestinian officials

Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank overnight on Sunday. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Israeli assault on Gaza began in October 2023. Abdel Azim Wadi, mayor of the town of Qusra, south of the city of Nablus, told AFP that settlers torched a mosque under construction in the southern part of the town. “The fire destroyed the mosque’s entrance and even damaged its stonework,” Wadi said. He added that the attackers spray-painted Hebrew graffiti on the mosque’s walls, including the word “revenge”. The Israeli military said troops were dispatched to the outskirts of Qusra after receiving a report that a mosque had been set ablaze. “The soldiers searched for suspects who had fled prior to their arrival and identified signs of arson and graffiti at the scene,” it said, adding that Israeli police would investigate and collect evidence. In a separate incident, Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the village of Kour, near Tulkarem, and sprayed racist slogans on its walls, according to the Palestinian ministry of endowments and religious affairs. The ministry said that “groups of settlers burned a mosque in the village of Kour in Tulkarem governorate and wrote racist slogans on its walls”. On Friday, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in the village of Tell, which resulted in the killing of four Palestinians and two Israelis. The Israeli military subsequently raided the city of Nablus and several nearby towns, announcing the arrest of dozens of Palestinians as it launched what it described as a “counter-terrorism” operation in the West Bank. On Saturday, the city had largely ground to a halt, with long queues of vehicles forming at petrol stations as fuel supplies dwindled, an AFP journalist reported. Since the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza in 2023, at least 1,097 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops or settlers, according to Palestinian figures. Official Israeli data show that at least 48 Israelis, both civilians and members of the security forces, have been killed in attacks by Palestinians or during Israeli military operations. Excluding annexed east Jerusalem, around three million Palestinians live in the West Bank alongside more than 500,000 Israelis residing in settlements that are illegal under international law.

Israel detains over 70 suspects following deadly violence in the West Bank

Israel’s military said it detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Isrelisoldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Soldiers remained in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where Friday's clashes were centered. Palestinians described searches that included raids of a hospital in the city of Nablus, one of the territory's most violent areas.

Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, Palestinians say

The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tell, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.

Israeli crackdown in occupied West Bank intensifies, settlers cause mayhem

The surge in violence comes after four Palestinians and two soldiers were killed in a gunfight on Friday.

Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques, graffiti and arson reported

Israeli settlers attacked ⁠Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, setting fire to two mosques and scrawling graffiti on buildings, Palestinian officials said. The attacks followed an incident on Friday when four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers – one of them acting as a security coordinator for a nearby Israeli settlement – were killed when a crowd of Israeli settlers, some armed, approached the Palestinian village of Tal, southwest of Nablus. During the incident,...

2 mosques in the West Bank set on fire during a deadly surge in settler violence

Two mosques in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were set on fire overnight in an apparent Israeli settler attack, officials said Sunday, after a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers.

Israeli settlers torch mosques in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank attacked two mosques Sunday, setting them ablaze and scrawling graffiti. The incident follows a Friday clash that left four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers dead.

Israeli military getting prepared to expand operation in Nablus in West Bank — spokesman

According to an Israel Defense Forces spokesman, following the incident that left two Israelis killed, "the IDF launched a large-scale anti-terrorist operation in Nablus and adjacent security zones."

Batı Şeria’da yerleşimci terörü: Camileri ateşe verdiler

İşgal altındaki Batı Şeria’da Yahudi yerleşimcilerin Filistinlilere yönelik saldırıları İsrail ordusunun desteğiyle tırmanıyor. Nablus’taki kanlı çatışmaların ardından iki cami ve bir evi kundaklayan yerleşimciler şiddetin dozunu artırırken, Tel Aviv yönetimi gerilimi, yeni kaçak yerleşim yerleri açmak için fırsata çeviriyor.

Israel seizes 500 dunams of Palestinian land, occupiers establish 8 illegal settlement outposts in occupied West Bank

Occupiers build 8 illegal settlement outposts since Friday’s attack that killed 4 Palestinians in town of Tell

Israeli occupiers torch home, abduct 2 Palestinians in West Bank attacks

8 family members escape unharmed after occupiers set fire to their home east of Bethlehem, while two Palestinian men are reportedly abducted near Beit Ula

UN says West Bank settler violence and annexation continue to grow

The UN Human Rights Office has warned that conditions in the occupied West Bank have deteriorated further two years after the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation unlawful. It cited a rise in settler attacks, expanding settlements, tighter movement restrictions and increasing concerns over annexation plans affecting Palestinian communities.

UN rights office warns of worsening settler violence in West Bank

GENEVA, July 29 - The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements, which it said had reached an all-time high.

West Bank violence, annexation ‘only getting worse’: UN

The United Nations’ human rights office said that with attacks by Israeli settlers and the creation of outposts “hitting an all-time high”, countries had to act to end the occupation

West Bank settlements hit record high as UN warns of ‘rapidly deteriorating’ crisis

GENEVA, July 29 — Two years after the International Court of Justice said Israel’s occupation of the West Ba...

Israeli army turns Palestinian homes into military barracks as occupiers set up new outpost in West Bank

Escalations reported in West Bank town of Tell, days after occupier attack killed 4 Palestinians

OPINION - The West Bank: A quiet genocide

There are no consequences for Israeli settlers regarding their terrorism and violence against Palestinians

Israeli settlers raid Nablus area as West Bank tensions rise

Israeli settlers entered areas near Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Friday under the protection of Israeli forces, according to local witnesses. The raid followed a recent attack in the town of Tell that left Palestinians dead and came after Israeli forces converted several homes into military positions.

Palestinian shot during settler march through West Bank towns

One Palestinian was shot and wounded during an Israeli settler march through several West Bank Palestinian towns Friday that sparked clashes with locals, first responders, the army and an AFP journalist said. "Our crews in Nablus are treating a young man who was shot with live ammunition in the abdomen during an Israeli army and settler raid on the al-Junaid area," the Palestinian Red Crescent said.

Israeli military cracks down on West Bank village as settlers march in

By Pesha Magid TAL, West Bank, July 31 (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot and wounded at least one Palestinian, arrested at least three, and closed entrances to the village of Tal in the occupied West Bank on Friday as more than 100 Israeli settlers marched towards the village, residents said.

Palestinian child wounded by Israeli gunfire during West Bank raid

Israeli forces raid several towns in southern occupied West Bank as military incursions continue across territory

West Bank: Settler violence hits "all-time high"

Locals in the West Bank say Israeli forces shot and wounded at least one Palestinian and arrested three others on Friday, as they protected Israeli settlers marching through a number of villages. One focal point was the village of Tell, near Nablus in the northern West Bank. Israeli troops sealed off the village on Friday, after carrying out near-daily raids and arrests there since last weekend. Peter O’Brien has more.

4 Palestinians injured as Israeli forces and occupiers intensify West Bank operations

Israeli forces shoot Palestinian and arrest 2 brothers while occupiers assault elderly Palestinian and torch farmland

Israeli forces raid Palestinian refugee camp near Jerusalem

Israeli forces on Wednesday raided a Palestinian refugee camp next to Jerusalem where tensions have been growing as residents fear eviction, the military and local leaders said. AFP journalists saw about a dozen armoured military jeeps going into the Qalandia camp, which Israeli soldiers did not allow press or residents to enter, in the occupied West Bank. "Security forces are operating in the Qalandia camp area in order to thwart terror and apprehend wanted individuals," a military official told AFP.

Israeli forces raid camp in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have launched a large-scale military operation in Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces raid Palestinian refugee camp

QALANDIA CAMP: Israeli forces on Wednesday raided a Palestinian refugee camp next to Jerusalem where tensions have been growing as residents fear eviction, with eight people reported injured. Journalists saw about a dozen armoured military jeeps going into the Qalandia camp, which Israeli soldiers did not allow press or residents to enter, in the occupied West Bank. “Security forces are operating in the Qalandia camp area in order to thwart terror and apprehend wanted individuals,” a military official said. COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry body in charge of civilian matters in the Palestinian territories, said in an Arabic-language statement that the large-scale operation targeted “terrorist elements, terrorist infrastructure, and the possession and trafficking of weapons”. “We will not allow the camp to become a centre of terrorism or a safe haven for terrorists and criminals, just as we do not allow this in other camps throughout Judea and Samaria,” the statement added, using the biblical name for the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967. The Palestine Red Crescent said that eight people were taken to hospital after suffering injuries. Mohammad Aslan, spokesman for the committee that runs the affairs of Qalandia camp, said that the Israeli army had arrested at least 20 people and took up positions on residents’ roofs. Footage shared by the Jerusalem Governorate, the Palestinian local authority for the region encompassing Qalandia camp, showed alleys inside the camp blocked off by rubble and boulders to impede movement, with furniture and other property strewn across the interior of one raided house. Published in Dawn, August 6th, 2026

Israeli settlers injure Palestinians, set fire to West Bank homes

At least nine Palestinians were injured in two attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Aug. 5, while several homes were set on fire in a community south of Hebron, Palestinian officials said.

4 Palestinians injured as attacks by Israeli occupiers intensify in West Bank

Israeli army orders uprooting of trees across 78 acres of Palestinian land amid illegal settlement expansion

Israeli raid in West Bank’s Qalandiya injures 51 Palestinians

Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians near Jerusalem amid uptick in military and settler violence in West Bank.

Elderly Palestinian-American man injured in Israeli soldiers’ assault in occupied West Bank

Khamis Jabara suffers head wound, bruises after Israeli forces beat him and fire stun grenades toward him

6 Palestinians, including 2 medics, injured in Israeli attacks in West Bank

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian after beating him in Beit Furik as settlers attack civilians, ambulance crew in Nablus and Bethlehem

Medics among six Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks across West Bank

Since January, Palestinians have reported more than 11,000 Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank, officials say.

2 Palestinians injured in Israeli occupiers' attack in West Bank

Troops raid dozens of homes, detain residents in Yabad, while occupiers smash windows of Palestinian home east of Bethlehem, Wafa news agency reports

Israel accused of weaponising archaeology at ancient West Bank sites

Israel is planning large-scale land expropriations in historic, Palestinian areas of the West Bank.

Israel announces tender for 627 settler units in occupied West Bank

New settlement tender in West Bank deepens Israeli efforts to sever Palestinian ties to Jerusalem, officials warn.

Israel military closes Palestinian Christian village Taybeh to halt settler attacks

JERUSALEM, Aug 9 - Israel's military on Sunday closed the West Bank village of Taybeh to nonresidents, saying it aimed to prevent growing attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers across the West Bank.

Israeli military closes Palestinian Christian village Taybeh, citing settler attacks

JERUSALEM, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Israel's military on Sunday closed the West Bank village of Taybeh to non-residents, saying it aimed to prevent growing attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers across the West Bank. The order, the military said, only applies to Israelis and not to Palestinians. A spokesperson said turning Taybeh into a closed military zone was "due to some violent attacks by Israelis in the region."

Israel demolishes home of slain Palestinian involved in deadly West Bank clash

Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished the home of a Palestinian who died in July in the most lethal clash in months in the occupied West Bank, residents and the army told AFP. The clash broke out on July 24 when a group of Israeli settlers approached the town of Tell, leaving dead one settler, one soldier and four Palestinians including Farouq Ramadan, whose home was demolished.

Israel demolishes home of Palestinian killed during settler attack

Video shows the moment Israeli forces blow up the home of Farouk Ramadan, a Palestinian man who was killed in July.

Israeli raids, demolitions continue as UN warns West Bank at breaking point

Israeli forces arrest 23 Palestinians and demolish home of man killed in confrontation with Israeli settlers in July.

İsrail Batı Şeria'da ilhak peşinde! Tel Aviv rest çekti: 'Hiçbir yere gitmiyoruz'

Birleşmiş Milletler (BM), İsrail'in Batı Şeria'daki yerleşim faaliyetlerini hızlandırarak bölgeyi "fiili olarak ilhak etmeye" çalıştığı uyarısında bulundu. BM yetkilileri, yerleşimci şiddeti, zorla yerinden edilmeler ve artan askeri operasyonlar nedeniyle Batı Şeria'nın çöküşün eşiğinde olduğunu belirtti. İsrail'in BM Büyükelçisi Danny Danon ise "hiçbir yere gitmeyeceklerini" belirterek yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimlerinin genişleyeceği sinyalini verdi.

UN warns West Bank at ‘breaking point’ amid rising violence

U.N. officials have said that the occupied West Bank has reached a critical “breaking point,” citing a record surge in violence by Israeli occupiers and a systematic unraveling of Palestinian statehood.

Israel sends more troops to West Bank village besieged by Jewish settlers

By Ali Sawafta QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Thursday it had sent more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land. The siege began at the weekend when Jewish settlers closed off the road to the three homes in the Palestinian village of Qusra and set up a tent in their front yards, refusing to allow anyone to enter or leave. The settlers had earlier cut off their electricity and water.

Settler siege ramps West Bank tensions as Israel

Israeli forces on Aug. 13 moved against rogue settlers who have besieged Palestinians for five days amid unusually strong U.S. criticism, even as Israel inaugurated a major settlement elsewhere in the West Bank.

Israeli military moves as settlers besiege 3 West Bank homes

Israel's military has moved to try to stop a group of settlers from besieging three homes in the occupied West Bank. One was owned by a Palestinian American, prompting an unusually sharp rebuke from the US ambassador.

From siege to eviction: Israeli army evicts Palestinian families from homes in northern West Bank

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers deploy around Qusra, take control of 16 homes, order some residents to evacuate, village council chairman says

Palestine urges international community, US to halt Israeli attacks aimed at annexing West Bank

Israel using occupiers as 'tool' to implement forced displacement policies, says Foreign Ministry

Israeli troops force families from homes amid settler terror campaign in West Bank

Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians Israeli troops forced two Palestinian families to leave their besieged West Bank homes on Thursday, the day after a top Israeli commander personally promised he would end a violent settler campaign to drive them out. Israeli soldiers also took over eight other homes in Qusra early on Thursday, telling the village’s mayor, Abdul Azim, that the buildings were needed for a days-long operation to remove the settlers. They later relinquished six. Settlers still roam the village. Continue reading...

U.S. ambassador slams Israeli settlers besieging home of Palestinian-American

U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called settlers besieging a West Bank home of an American-Palestinian family "terrorists."

3 Palestinians injured in Israeli settler attacks in southern West Bank

Two shot with live fire in Sa’ir, third run over and assaulted in Beit Ummar before Israeli army arrested him, according to Red Crescent, local sources

Palestinians in Qusra say they have faced militant settler attacks for months

JERUSALEM, Aug 15 - Families on the outskirts of Qusra, the West Bank village where Palestinian homes have been under siege for nearly a week, said they have faced sometimes deadly attacks by militant settlers for months.

West Bank: Palestinian families besieged for a week as settler violence continues

Several Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra have been under siege for a week, with families trapped inside as supplies dwindle and water and electricity are cut off. Settlers have continued their attacks openly, despite the presence of Israeli soldiers and growing international pressure on Israel.

Israeli settlers pitch tents for new illegal outpost in occupied West Bank

UN Special Rapporteur Albanese warns that Israel is 'using settlers to advance ethnic cleansing' in the West Bank.

Israeli army forces raid West Bank town, displace Palestinians

15 Palestinians displaced northwest of occupied East Jerusalem after their home was demolished by Israeli forces

A Palestinian American's journey to his West Bank home under settler siege

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 17 - He watched from thousands of miles away on a security camera feed as militant Israeli settlers encircled his West Bank house, fearing he could lose his home forever amid increasing Israeli seizures of Palestinian property in the occupied territory.

Israeli forces raid hospital premises, assault patients in southern West Bank

Palestinian Health Ministry urges global organizations, WHO, ICRC to intervene immediately to halt attacks on hospitals, health workers

Palestinian family in West Bank fear settler violence will rob them of home

The family of a Palestinian-American man remain holed up in his West Bank home for more than a week, after Israeli settlers laid siege to the house and the Israeli army then turned it into a closed military area.

Israeli settler confronts Palestinian American at his besieged West Bank home

"Here's an American citizen being attacked in the West Bank by an American tax-funded army, American weapons used to attack Palestinian Americans in the West Bank," one resident told Reuters.

Palestinian American challenges Israeli army outside his home in the West Bank

For more than a week, militant ​Israeli settlers have encircled Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, despite the deployment of the Israeli military. The ongoing siege has prompted Palestinian-American Loui Ridi to come back to his hometown, out of fear that he could lose his property there. On Tuesday he confronted settlers on his land. Story by Emerald Maxwell.

BM: İsrail, Batı Şeria'da 10 Filistinli aile için geçici tahliye kararı uyguladı

Birleşmiş Milletler (BM), işgal altındaki Batı Şeria'da, yaklaşık 10 Filistinli aileye, yakın bölgedeki bir mülteci kampında İsrail'in yürüttüğü askeri faaliyetler nedeniyle evlerini kısa süreliğine terk etmeleri talimatı verdiğini bildirdi.

Israel opens up tenders for controversial West Bank settlement project

Plans to build on the so-called E1 area - east of Jerusalem - have long been internationally condemned and would in effect divide the occupied West Bank in two.

UK summons Israeli diplomat over new illegal settlement units in occupied West Bank

'The impact of settler violence and terrorism has been catastrophic for Palestinian communities,' says Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband

Israeli forces raid West Bank towns as occupiers target Palestinian homes, carry out demolitions

Troops set up checkpoints, search vehicles and open fire during clashes; Israeli occupiers assault bus driver in Jerusalem

2 Palestinian women injured as Israeli raids, occupier attacks escalate across West Bank

Israeli forces raid several Palestinian communities across occupied West Bank as occupiers attack residents, damage olive trees, besiege Palestinian homes, local sources say