Batı Şeria'da şiddet, 12 ülkeden İsrail'e yaptırım, Lübnan'da ilhak sinyali

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

Key European leaders demand Israel halt West Bank settlement project

The E1 plan was green-lit by Israel last year to further separate east Jerusalem from the West Bank and faces international condemnation.

Israeli army commanders warn of ‘widespread escalation’ in West Bank amid occupier attacks: Report

Israel recorded 682 attacks by Israeli occupiers in 2024 and 867 in 2025, while 636 incidents were registered in first half of this year alone

3 Palestinians injured in Israeli occupier attack on homes in occupied West Bank

Witnesses say occupiers accompanied by Israeli troops storm sheep pens near Hebron, seize livestock; further attacks reported near Tulkarem

Malaysian PM Anwar condemns Israel’s E1 settlement tenders in West Bank

Malaysia would take note of international companies that participate in the tenders and “act accordingly”.

France, Germany, UK and Italy condemn Israel's 'E1' West Bank plan

France, Germany, ​Britain and Italy condemned on ​Thursday plans by Israel to open up construction tenders for a ​residential ‌property project ⁠called 'E1' in the occupied West Bank. Hundreds of ​thousands of Israelis have settled among millions of Palestinians in land ​captured by Israel in ​a 1967 war. Nearly ​all countries and a range of ​UN bodies consider that such settlements violate international law, although Israel disputes this, citing historical ⁠and biblical ties to the land. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.

European states press Israel to halt West Bank project

The European Union is preparing a package of sanctions against Israel if the government proceeds with its controversial plan to expand settlements in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, media reports have said, following growing calls from European countries to halt the project.

Who does the law serve in the occupied West Bank?

Israeli settlers attack six times a day in the occupied West Bank. AJLabs looks at how Palestinian land is taken.

Palestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village

Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory.

Settlers kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clash, and other Middle East developments

Violence has escalated in the West Bank where at least 87 Palestinians have been killed in almost 1,500 attacks by Israeli settlers

Israeli army, settlers kill 2 Palestinians in separate West Bank incidents

Israeli settlers fatally shot 17-year-old Karim Sanad Shalaldeh while Israeli forces killed 58-year-old Fathi Khazem.

Israeli settlers and military kill 2 Palestinians – one a teenager – in separate West Bank shootings

A teenage boy and a 58-year-old man were shot dead Friday by Israeli settlers and soldiers, respectively, in separate shootings in the occupied West Bank.

EU Commission joins call to halt Israel’s West Bank settlement plan

The European Commission has joined 14 countries in calling on Israel to withdraw construction tenders for the E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank, warning that the plan would undermine prospects for a two-state solution.

Israeli settlers kill Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank

Two Palestinians were killed Friday in the West Bank, one in Jenin, in the north, by Israeli army gunfire, and the other in the southern part of the territory by a settler, according to Palestinian sources and the army.

Israeli settler blockades part of escalating violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

A Palestinian-American has returned to his home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra to protect it from Israeli settlers, amid a surge in attacks and settlement expansion.

Israeli wounded in occupied West Bank stabbing

Israeli forces launch wide search in Jordan Valley after a stabbing incident in the occupied West Bank village of al-Auja.

Israeli occupier injured in stabbing attack in occupied West Bank

Israeli army imposes security cordon, closes Palestinian village of Al-Auja following incident

Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid buried in Occupied West Bank

Hundreds attended the funeral of 14-year-old Islam Ahmad Maher Ajouri, who was killed by Israeli gunfire during a raid.

Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians as occupiers expand West Bank outpost

Among detainees is son of Fathi Khazem, who was killed by Israeli army on Friday in Jenin

Israeli forces arrest 17 Palestinians as occupiers expand West Bank outpost

Among detainees is son of Fathi Khazem, who was killed by Israeli army on Friday in Jenin

Israeli police raid Palestinian graduation venue in occupied East Jerusalem, detain several attendees

3 Palestinians also injured in attack by Israeli occupiers near Hebron as Israeli army carries out raids across West Bank

Israeli lawmaker smashes Palestinian memorial in occupied West Bank

Monument in Madama bears names of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, army claims it was unaware of lawmaker’s intention

West Bank settlers attack AFP journalists

Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Tuesday attacked AFP journalists reporting on tension with Palestinians, in violence that left at least five people injured, the reporters and medics said. A three-person team from the international news agency had travelled to the village of Jannatah near Bethlehem to report on Israeli activists who conduct solidarity visits with Palestinians facing harassment by Israeli settlers, who recently blocked a road in the area.

UNRWA urges international community to protect training center after Israeli raid

UN agency for Palestinian refugees says Israeli forces entered facility in occupied East Jerusalem without authorization

Israeli MP smashes W. Bank memorial under army escort

• Tel Aviv begins evicting UN training centre for Palestinians • West Bank settlers attack journalists, activists near Bethlehem RAMALLAH: A far-right Israeli lawmaker took a sledgehammer to a Palestinian memorial in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday while under military escort. Footage circulating on­­line showed Zvi Sukkot, who is also a settler and activist, smashing a monument commemorating “martyrs” in the Pales­ti­nian village of Madama in the northern West Bank, while soldiers stood nearby. “A few days ago, I demanded that the military take action to remove the monuments commemorating ter­­rorists in the murderers’ villages of Madama and Burin. Unfortu­na­tely, they remained in place. So, I went there myself and took action to re­­m­ove them,” Sukkot posted on Face­book, along with a video of the act. The Israeli military said Sukkot and his aides had conducted a “tour” of the area “with security provided by IDF soldiers who had been diverted from their operational activities for this purpose”. “Contrary to the agreed-upon coordination, the participants acted deceptively and manipulatively, without authorisation, departing entirely from the appr­o­ved framework, and began demolishing one of the monuments in Madama,” it added. It said soldiers reported the incident to their commanders, who told them to stop the activity and “the participants were quickly escorted out of the village”. In a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netan­yahu said the military “is the sovereign authority in Judea and Samaria”, using the Biblical term for the occupied West Bank. “Taking the law into one’s own hands, especially when it involves public figures, is a reprehensible practice that prevents the IDF from focusing on its missions of combatting terrorism and incitement to violence,” he added. Israel raids UNRWA training centre Meanwhile, Israeli for­ces began evicting a vocational training centre run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in an east Jerusalem suburb on Tuesday, in its latest move targeting the beleaguered organisation. It follows repeated warnings by UNRWA that Israeli authorities were threatening its Qalandia training centre, located between the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Kafr Aqab and the Qalandia refugee camp. The centre was established in 1952 and offers vocational training to around 340 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank every year, according to UNRWA. (left) Zvi Sukkot, a member of the Israeli Knesset, smashes a monument at Madama, in the occupied West Bank; while (right) journalists react after inhaling tear gas during a raid by Israeli forces on a UN-run vocational training centre near Ramallah.—AFP “In accordance with my directive and following the law we passed, today the evacuation of the UNRWA compound in Kafr Aqab in Jerusalem has begun,” a statement from Netanyahu’s office said. Israel has repeatedly accused UNRWA of providing cover for Hamas fighters, claiming that some of its employees took part in the group’s Oct 7, 2023 attack. Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, on Tuesday celebrated “making history!” “Large forces of the Israel police are operating together with the relevant bodies to implement the law and remove UNRWA from the site,” he said on Telegram. He later posted a photo of the Israeli flag hoisted above the entrance to the training centre with the caption: “UNRWA in our hands.” An AFP journalist at the scene on Tuesday said Israeli forces had closed the main road near the entrance to the Qalandia Training Centre, while forces inside the institute were moving from one building to another. The journalist reported seeing a convoy of three civilian vehicles leaving the institute, escorted by Israeli forces. West Bank settlers attack journalists Separately, Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Tuesday attacked journalists reporting on tension with Palestinians, in violence that left at least five people injured, the reporters and medics said. A three-person team from the AFP news agency had travelled to the village of Jannatah near Bethlehem to report on Israeli activists who conduct solidarity visits with Palestinians facing harassment by Israeli settlers, who recently blocked a road in the area. After an altercation broke out between the settlers and activists, the Israeli military ordered journalists to leave what it called a “closed military zone”, at which point two additional cars full of settlers swooped in. The settlers, many of them children, threw stones towards the journalists and activists. One journalist ducked a stone but then a child settler struck him in the chin with a stick, causing minor bleeding, he said. The AFP journalists returned to see their two parked cars both damaged, with back windshields smashed in and tyres punctured. Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2026

Israeli MP smashes West Bank memorial under army escort

• Tel Aviv begins evicting UN training centre for Palestinians • West Bank settlers attack journalists, activists near Bethlehem RAMALLAH: A far-right Israeli lawmaker took a sledgehammer to a Palestinian memorial in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday while under military escort. Footage circulating on­­line showed Zvi Sukkot, who is also a settler and activist, smashing a monument commemorating “martyrs” in the Pales­ti­nian village of Madama in the northern West Bank, while soldiers stood nearby. “A few days ago, I demanded that the military take action to remove the monuments commemorating ter­­rorists in the murderers’ villages of Madama and Burin. Unfortu­na­tely, they remained in place. So, I went there myself and took action to re­­m­ove them,” Sukkot posted on Face­book, along with a video of the act. The Israeli military said Sukkot and his aides had conducted a “tour” of the area “with security provided by IDF soldiers who had been diverted from their operational activities for this purpose”. “Contrary to the agreed-upon coordination, the participants acted deceptively and manipulatively, without authorisation, departing entirely from the appr­o­ved framework, and began demolishing one of the monuments in Madama,” it added. It said soldiers reported the incident to their commanders, who told them to stop the activity and “the participants were quickly escorted out of the village”. In a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netan­yahu said the military “is the sovereign authority in Judea and Samaria”, using the Biblical term for the occupied West Bank. “Taking the law into one’s own hands, especially when it involves public figures, is a reprehensible practice that prevents the IDF from focusing on its missions of combatting terrorism and incitement to violence,” he added. Israel raids UNRWA training centre Meanwhile, Israeli for­ces began evicting a vocational training centre run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in an east Jerusalem suburb on Tuesday, in its latest move targeting the beleaguered organisation. It follows repeated warnings by UNRWA that Israeli authorities were threatening its Qalandia training centre, located between the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Kafr Aqab and the Qalandia refugee camp. The centre was established in 1952 and offers vocational training to around 340 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank every year, according to UNRWA. (left) Zvi Sukkot, a member of the Israeli Knesset, smashes a monument at Madama, in the occupied West Bank; while (right) journalists react after inhaling tear gas during a raid by Israeli forces on a UN-run vocational training centre near Ramallah.—AFP “In accordance with my directive and following the law we passed, today the evacuation of the UNRWA compound in Kafr Aqab in Jerusalem has begun,” a statement from Netanyahu’s office said. Israel has repeatedly accused UNRWA of providing cover for Hamas fighters, claiming that some of its employees took part in the group’s Oct 7, 2023 attack. Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, on Tuesday celebrated “making history!” “Large forces of the Israel police are operating together with the relevant bodies to implement the law and remove UNRWA from the site,” he said on Telegram. He later posted a photo of the Israeli flag hoisted above the entrance to the training centre with the caption: “UNRWA in our hands.” An AFP journalist at the scene on Tuesday said Israeli forces had closed the main road near the entrance to the Qalandia Training Centre, while forces inside the institute were moving from one building to another. The journalist reported seeing a convoy of three civilian vehicles leaving the institute, escorted by Israeli forces. West Bank settlers attack journalists Separately, Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Tuesday attacked journalists reporting on tension with Palestinians, in violence that left at least five people injured, the reporters and medics said. A three-person team from the AFP news agency had travelled to the village of Jannatah near Bethlehem to report on Israeli activists who conduct solidarity visits with Palestinians facing harassment by Israeli settlers, who recently blocked a road in the area. After an altercation broke out between the settlers and activists, the Israeli military ordered journalists to leave what it called a “closed military zone”, at which point two additional cars full of settlers swooped in. The settlers, many of them children, threw stones towards the journalists and activists. One journalist ducked a stone but then a child settler struck him in the chin with a stick, causing minor bleeding, he said. The AFP journalists returned to see their two parked cars both damaged, with back windshields smashed in and tyres punctured. Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2026

Spain condemns Israeli forces’ ‘unacceptable’ attacks on UNRWA facilities in occupied East Jerusalem

Spanish government rejects violations of UN agency buildings protected by immunities under international law

UN official says Israeli occupation zones in West Bank have 'no legal value'

Ramiz Alakbarov warns E1 expansion constitutes 'flagrant violation' of international law

Israeli forces install new gate, isolating Palestinian village

Israeli forces installed gates around the home of Palestinian American Lou Ridi in Qusra, in the occupied West Bank.

Driven by faith, Jewish activists stand up to settlers to protect West Bank Palestinians

A group of Israelis who regularly travel to the West Bank to protect Palestinians who are victims of increasing attacks by settlers say their Jewish faith drove them towards activism. On Tuesday, at least five activists were injured while rushing to assist Palestinians being harassed by settlers in the village of Jannatah, near Bethlehem.

Israel seized refugee agency's last major facility in Jerusalem, top UNRWA official says

Roland Friedrich, UNRWA's director for the West Bank, talks to Anadolu about Israel's ongoing breaches of international law

Israeli army arrests 2 Palestinians as occupiers storm West Bank village

Army raids several areas across occupied West Bank; hundreds of occupiers enter Awarta village under military protection

Israeli strike kills three in West Bank; Israel says it targeted Hamas operative

JENIN, West Bank, Aug 28 - Israel's military said it carried out an airstrike in the West Bank on Friday that killed a Palestinian it described as a Hamas militant operative as well as two of his accomplices, in a rare use of deadly Israeli air power in the occupied territory.

Israel army carries out rare West Bank air strike, killing 'three terrorists'

Israel's military said it carried out an air strike in the Jenin area in the West Bank on Friday that killed a ​Palestinian it described as a Hamas militant operative as well as two of his accomplices, in a rare use of deadly Israeli air power in the occupied territory.

Israel kills Hamas operative in rare West Bank air strike, military says

JENIN, West Bank, Aug 28 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in the occupied territory. Hamas confirmed the man that Israel named as Qais Bitawi was one of its members and condemned the attack that killed him. The allied Islamic Jihad militant group also claimed him as a member. The air strike targeted a car in the area of Jenin in the northern West Bank, the Israeli military and medics said.

Israeli strike kills three Palestinians in Jenin

An Israeli drone strike killed three Palestinians in Jenin, the first such attack in the West Bank since February 2025.

5 Palestinians injured in attacks by Israeli army, occupiers in occupied West Bank

Palestinian Red Crescent Society says 15-year-old among those wounded in Al-Amari refugee camp in Al-Bireh

14 Palestinians, 2 foreign journalists injured in attacks by Israeli army, occupiers in occupied West Bank

2 foreign journalists injured after being severely beaten by occupiers in Jalud town, local sources say

Israeli settlers stage new attack on home in West Bank's Qusra, witnesses say

By Pesha Magid QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Dozens of masked Israeli settler militants attacked homes surrounding the occupied West Bank village of Qusra on Saturday, the first major attack since a siege by settlers in the area earlier this month drew an international outcry. The settlers surrounded a Palestinian home, throwing stones while seven Palestinians were trapped inside, according to witnesses who spoke to Reuters.

Israeli settlers attack home in occupied West Bank's Qusra: witnesses

Dozens of masked Israeli settler militants attacked homes surrounding the occupied West Bank village of Qusra on Saturday, the first major attack since a siege by settlers in the area earlier this month drew an international outcry. The settlers surrounded a Palestinian home, throwing stones while seven Palestinians were trapped inside, according to witnesses.

Palestinian woman and NBC News team reportedly attacked in West Bank

Matt Bradley and crew assaulted while interviewing woman who said settlers had driven family out of home A Palestinian woman and an NBC News team are reported to have been attacked and injured by masked Israeli settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday, amid worsening confrontations in the area. Benjamin Netanyahu said he condemned the violence committed “by a handful of rioters”. Continue reading...

Israeli settlers attack international news team in occupied West Bank

A news team, working for the US network NBC and a Palestinian woman were injured in an attack by masked Israeli settler

Killing of Palestinian children and teens by Israel surges in West Bank

Alia al-Hallaq's son Mohammed was nine when he was killed by an Israeli army bullet last October, but the Palestinian homemak

Israeli settlers stage new attack in West Bank

Dozens of masked Israeli settler ‌militants attacked homes surrounding the occupied West Bank village of Qusra Saturday, the first major attack since a siege by settlers in the area earlier this month drew an international outcry. The settlers surrounded a Palestinian home, throwing stones while seven Palestinians were trapped inside, according to witnesses who spoke ‌to Reuters. Saddam Oday, one of those trapped, said the Israeli military fired tear gas into the home and detained the residents

Israeli settlers attack West Bank village

QUSRA: Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday, residents and the military said, after nearly three weeks of tension in the area. Earlier in August a group of rogue settlers began blocking supplies from entering Palestinian houses on the outskirts of the village near Nablus, trapping residents inside and drawing domestic and international condemnation. Weeks later, Israeli forces continue to operate in the area while settlers still roam the surrounding hills. On Saturday, Qusra resident Yussef Abdul Kareem Hassan told AFP that a handful of villagers were doing work on a house when they were approached by a small group of settlers. Settlers surround a house and throw stones at Palestinians The settlers then called for backup and returned with dozens more, Hassan said, adding that they had surrounded the Palestinians inside the house and began throwing stones. AFP footage of Qusra on Saturday showed dozens of Israeli forces deployed to the site. The Israeli military said soldiers and border police forces were dispatched “following reports that Israeli rioters had arrived in the area and that violent clashes had occurred, including stone-hurling toward Palestinians and additional civilians”. “Upon their arrival, the security forces identified dozens of rioters who had barricaded themselves inside a Palestinian home while Palestinian residents were inside,” a military statement said, adding that it was “aware of reports of Palestinian injuries”. It said forces had worked to remove the settlers from the house, separate the groups, and confiscate vehicles “that were suspected of having been used to reach the area”. The vehicles would be used as evidence in a police investigation that has been opened, it said, adding that forces continued to operate in the area “to prevent further disturbances and restore order”. “The security forces strongly condemn all forms of violence,” it said. Netanyahu condemns settlers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu levelled rare criticism at Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, condemning “criminal acts of violence” perpetrated in two Palestinian villages. “I strongly condemn the criminal acts of violence committed in the villages of Qusra and Jalud by a handful of rioters who are violating the law, causing a grave injustice to the law-abiding Jewish community, interfering with the IDF (Israeli military) in carrying out its missions, and harming Israel’s standing in the world,” Netanyahu said in a statement. Published in Dawn, August 30th, 2026

JERUSALEM DAILY: JOURNALISTS ATTACKED

Israeli pogroms target Palestinians and an NBC crew in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces raze West Bank homes as EU weighs ban on settlement goods

Pogroms in the occupied West Bank continue, with Israeli forces demolishing homes and settlers attacking residents.

"Ethnic Cleansing": Israeli Ex-Generals On Attacks In West Bank

A former general said he saw the remains of a Palestinian school looted by settlers in the West Bank. He also met Palestinian farmers and shepherds who said they had been beaten and threatened by settlers.

Israeli occupiers’ violence in West Bank makes world see us as ‘thugs, criminals’: Police chief

Danny Levy warns attacks against Palestinians damaging Israel’s international standing, as army removes field commander for appearing with occupiers

Two Palestinians killed as settlers, Israeli forces raid West Bank village

Teenagers killed in settlers attack on al-Mughayyer as West Bank violence continues.

Two Palestinian teens killed in West Bank raid by Israeli settlers and army

Sept 2 - Two Palestinian teenagers were killed on Wednesday in an attack by Israeli settler militants and army troops on their village in the occupied West Bank, local officials and the Palestinian health ministry said, amid an uptick in violence by Jewish settlers in the territory.

Two Palestinian youths killed and village razed as Israeli attacks on West Bank continue

Palestinian teens killed during settler attack on West Bank village, officials say

Funerals have taken place for two Palestinian teenagers who local officials say were killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in an attack on their village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

Jerusalem Daily: Students sing ‘Erase Palestine’

Two Palestinian teens were killed in the occupied West Bank as Israeli settlers and snipers surround a village.

Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teenagers after settlers encircle village

Troops escort settlers into al-Mughayyir and raze village outside Hebron as ethnic cleansing of West Bank continues Israelis have shot dead two teenagers in a Palestinian village encircled by settlers and Israeli troops have razed an entire village outside Hebron, the latest attacks in a surge of Israeli terror and ethnic cleansing across the occupied West Bank. The shootings targeted Khalil Abu Alia, 16, who was about to start 11th grade at the al-Mughayyir boys school, and 19-year-old Omar al-Nassan, who graduated from the same institution with top marks this summer. Continue reading...

Palestinian teens killed during settler attack on West Bank village

Al-Mughayyir's council says they were trying to stop settlers stealing sheep, but the Israeli military says they threw stones at its troops.

'We expect our sons to be killed,' father of teen shot dead in West Bank tells BBC

Palestinian teenagers Omar al-Naasan and Khalil Abu Alia were shot dead when Israeli settlers and soldiers entered a village in the occupied West Bank.

U.S. ambassador visits Palestinian town amid rise in occupied West Bank settler violence

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday met with Palestinian Americans, including relatives of U.S. citizens killed by Israeli settlers, in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank that has been the target of settler attacks.

US ambassador calls violent Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’ after weeks of West Bank unrest

The United States ambassador to Israel condemned Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank again on Saturday, calling the behaviour an “act of terror” as he visited Palestinian American residents shaken by months of attacks. Mike Huckabee referred to such settlers as “terrorists”, a word that US officials usually reserve for Palestinian militants. “If there are squatters that come in and put up their own flags and take possession of something that does not belong to them, if they burn a...

Israeli occupiers kill Palestinian, injure 3 others in West Bank attacks

Victim shot in head during attack on village of Hajja, while another Palestinian suffers severe eye injury in Jerusalem governorate

Palestinan killed during clash with settlers in West Bank village near Kalkilya - report

On Sunday night, the PA-run WAFA reported that three Palestinians were wounded during the clash, including two who were in serious condition after being shot.

Two Palestinians killed, Israeli stabbed as West Bank settler violence flares

HAJJA, West Bank, Sept 7 - Violence in the occupied West Bank flared on Monday as Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during a village raid by settlers from a nearby outpost and killed another Palestinian who entered an outpost and stabbed a settler, officials said.

Five Palestinians injured after being beaten by Israeli forces in northern West Bank

Israeli court also rejects appeals seeking to halt demolition of residential, agricultural structures in northern Jordan Valley

Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in West Bank raid

Israeli forces besieged house in Aqraba town and shelled it, causing parts of building to collapse, mayor tells Anadolu

Pupils return to West Bank school behind barbed wire to protect against settlers

Six people, including three pupils at the Palestinian school, have been killed in al-Mughayyir this year, in a surge of Israeli settler-related violence.

400 Israeli soldiers involved in West Bank raid that killed a Palestinian

AQRABA: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said, while the military said it killed a suspect who had attempted to attack troops.

UK Set to Impose Sanctions on Israeli Settlements in West Bank

A longtime ally of Israel, the U.K. has condemned plans to expand the settlements, which are widely considered illegal under international law.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man and withhold his body near Nablus

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man amid raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank.

İngiltere'den İsrail'in Batı Şeria'daki yerleşimlerine ticaret yaptırımı

İngiltere, işgal altındaki Batı Şeria'daki yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimlerinde üretilen mallara yönelik ticaret yasağı getireceğini duyurdu. İngiltere, işgal altındaki Batı Şeria'da yer alan yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimlerinde üretilen mallara yönelik ticaret yasağını yürürlüğe koymaya hazırlanıyor. Londra yönetimi adımı iki devletli çözüme destek gerekçesiyle atarken, İsrail ve ABD karara tepki gösterdi. Temmuz ayında göreve gelen İngiltere Dışişleri Bakanı Ed Miliband, İsrail politikasını sıfırlamak istediğini belirtmişti. Miliband, ticaret yaptırımlarını gün içinde resmen açıklayacak. Reuters ajansının aktardığına göre İngiltere Çalışma ve Emeklilik Bakanı Pat McFadden, yerleşim faaliyetlerindeki hızlanmanın yaptırımları acil hale getirdiğini, ancak İsrail'in İngiltere için önemli bir ticaret ortağı kalmayı sürdüreceğini dile getirdi. Karar, uluslararası alanda giderek yalnızlaşan İsrail'de öfkeye yol açtı. İsrail Cumhurbaşkanı İzhak Herzog, İngiltere'yi Ekim ayı sonunda yapılacak seçimlere müdahale etmekle suçladı. Herzog, yaptırımların "tarihin yanlış tarafında yer alan vahim bir hesap hatası" olacağını savundu. Aşırı sağcı Maliye Bakanı Bezalel Smotrich ise İngiltere'nin Tel Aviv Büyükelçisi'nin sınır dışı edilmesi çağrısında bulundu. ABD'nin İsrail Büyükelçisi Mike Huckabee, BBC'ye yaptığı açıklamada, söz konusu adımı "Yahudi halkına yönelik ayrımcılık" olarak nitelendirdi. Huckabee, kararın İngiltere'nin bazı ABD eyaletleriyle ticaretini sınırlayabileceği uyarısını yaptı. Bazı ABD eyaletleri, İsrail'i boykot eden şirketlerin kamu ihalelerine, tedarik süreçlerine veya kamu yatırımlarına katılmasını yasaklıyor. Başbakan Andy Burnham liderliğindeki İngiltere hükümeti, önceki İşçi Partisi Başbakanı Keir Starmer'ın çizgisini sürdürüyor. İngiltere, Starmer döneminde 2025 yılında iki devletli çözümü teşvik etmek amacıyla Filistin devletini tanımış, geçtiğimiz Haziran ayında ise Batı Şeria'daki şiddeti finanse eden ve uygulayan ağlara yaptırım getirmişti. Burnham, ABD Başkanı Donald Trump ile pazartesi günü yaptığı telefon görüşmesinde iki devletli çözümün önemini vurgulamıştı. İşçi Partisi içindeki birçok milletvekili Miliband'in hamlesini memnuniyetle karşıladı. Bir parlamenter ise yasağın bazı kesimler için yetersiz kaldığını, özellikle seçim bölgelerinde yoğun Yahudi nüfus barındıran temsilciler için ise fazla ileri giden bir adım olarak görüldüğünü aktardı. Yıllık 6 milyar sterlinlik (8,12 milyar dolar) ikili ticaret hacmi üzerindeki etkinin asgari düzeyde kalması öngörülüyor. Yerleşimlerden gelen ürünler çoğunlukla taze tarım ürünleri ve şaraptan oluşuyor ve İsrail'in toplam ticaretinin çok küçük bir kısmını teşkil ediyor. Birleşmiş Milletler kurumları ve İngiltere dahil çoğu ülke, Batı Şeria'daki yerleşimleri yasa dışı, bölgeyi ise askeri işgal altındaki topraklar olarak kabul ediyor. İsrail yönetimi bölgenin işgal altında değil "ihtilaflı" olduğunu öne sürüyor. Son dönemdeki kaygıların odağında, Kudüs yakınlarında bağımsız Filistin devletinin toprak bütünlüğünü kesintiye uğratacak E1 yerleşim projesi yer alıyor. İngiltere ve Avrupa ülkeleri projeyi ağustos ayında eleştirmişti. İspanya, İrlanda ve Hollanda yerleşim ürünlerinin ithalatını yasaklama kararı alırken, Fransa, Kanada ve Norveç bu yıl yerleşimleri hedef alan yaptırımlar uygulamıştı. Smotrich ve Ulusal Güvenlik Bakanı Itamar Ben-Gvir de daha önce İngiltere dahil çeşitli ülkelerin yaptırım listesine girmişti.

Son dakika...İngiltere'den İsrail'e Batı Şeria yaptırımı! Dışişleri Bakanı Miliband duyurdu

İngiltere Dışişleri Bakanı Ed Miliband, Batı Şeria'daki yasadışı yerleşimleri finanse eden veya kolaylaştıranların "İngiltere'nin tüm yaptırımlarıyla karşı karşıya kalacağını" söyledi. Ayrıca İsrail'e verilen 30 silah ihracat lisansının askıya alınmasının "tamamen yürürlükte kalacağını" doğruladı. NE OLMUŞTU? Uluslararası basında, İngiltere'nin bugün, Batı Şeria'daki yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimlerine karşı yaptırım kararını açıklayabileceği belirtilmişti. İngiltere'nin kararının, yasa dışı Yahudi yerleşimlerinde üretilen malların ticaretinin yasaklanmasını ve inşaat faaliyetlerinde yer alan şirketlere yönelik yaptırımları da içerebileceği aktarılmıştı. Miliband, daha önce İsrail'in Doğu Kudüs'ü tamamen izole etme ve Batı Şeria'nın kuzey ve güneyini bölme amacı taşıyan E1 yasa dışı yerleşim projesini "uluslararası hukukun açık ihlali" şeklinde niteleyerek Filistin topraklarının gasbedilmesi karşısında atacakları adımları değerlendirdiklerini kaydetmişti. Miliband, "Atılacak adımları hükümet içinde ve müttefiklerimizle ele alıyoruz. Bu konuda sabırlı olunursa gelecek haftalarda daha fazla şey söyleyebiliriz." ifadelerini kullanmıştı. Terörist Ben-Gvir'den skandal çağrı! Yeni bir ülkeyi hedef aldı: 'Başkonsolosluğu kapatın' İsrail'de '7 Ekim' çıkmazı! Netanyahu herkesten yıllarca saklamış: 'Yalana sığınıyor'

U.K. bars import of goods from West Bank settlements in growing rift with Israel

Numerous other European countries immediately pledged support for the effort, which prompted warnings from the United States.

Türkiye’den 12 ülkenin İsrail'e yönelik yaptırım kararına destek

Türkiye, 12 ülkenin işgal altındaki Batı Şeria’daki yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimleriyle ticari ve ekonomik ilişkileri yasaklamaya yönelik adımlarını memnuniyetle karşıladığını açıkladı. Dışişleri Bakanlığından yapılan yazılı açıklamada, Birleşik Krallık, Fransa ve Kanada öncülüğündeki 12 ülkenin girişiminin desteklendiği belirtildi. İsrail’in iki devletli çözümü ortadan kaldırmaya yönelik çabalarının giderek yoğunlaştığı vurgulanan açıklamada, yasa dışı yerleşimlerin sistematik bir işgal politikasına dönüştüğü ve Filistin Devleti’nin varlığını tehdit eder noktaya ulaştığı kaydedildi. Açıklamada, yerleşimci şiddetinin “etnik temizlik boyutuna vardığı” belirtilerek, İsrail-Filistin meselesinin barışçıl yollarla çözülmesi ve bölgede adil ve kalıcı barışın sağlanması için İsrail’in işgal faaliyetlerine gerekli tepkinin gösterilmesinin temel koşul haline geldiği ifade edildi. Uluslararası toplumun sorumluluk sahibi tüm üyelerine benzer kararlar alma çağrısı yapılan açıklamada, şu ifadelere yer verildi: “Türkiye, 1967 sınırları temelinde, başkenti Doğu Kudüs olan, coğrafi bütünlüğe sahip, bağımsız ve egemen bir Filistin Devleti’nin hayata geçirilmesi için çaba göstermeye devam edecektir.”

EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlement expansion ‘undermining’ 2-state solution

'All EU Member States agree that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law,’ Kallas writes on X

İsrail'e Batı Şeria ambargosu

Avrupa ülkeleri, İsrail’in Batı Şeria’daki yasadışı Yahudi yerleşimlerinde üretilen mallara ambargo kararı aldı. 12 ülkenin attığı bu adım, mevcut İsrail yönetiminin Batı Şeria’da tepki çeken uygulamalarına bugüne kadar verilen en büyük tepki olarak dikkat çekiyor. Avrupa ülkeleri Danimarka, Finlandiya, Fransa, İzlanda, İrlanda, Norveç, Polonya, Portekiz, İspanya, İsveç ve İngiltere’nin dışında Kanada’nın da katıldığı ortak açıklamayla karar dünyaya duyuruldu. 12 ülkenin dışişleri bakanları, yaptıkları ortak yazılı açıklamayla Batı Şeria’daki İsrail yerleşimleriyle ticareti yasaklayacaklarını duyurdu. Açıklamada, İsrail’in Batı Şeria’daki eylemleriyle iki devletli çözümü baltalayan adımlar attığı belirtilirken, durumun her geçen gün daha da kötü hale geldiği kaydedildi. Filistin topraklarını gasbeden İsraillilerin sebep olduğu şiddet olaylarına işaret edilen açıklamada, iki devletli çözüm fikrinin korunması gerektiği vurgulandı. ‘İki devlet tek yol’ İngiltere Dışişleri Bakanı Ed Miliband, İngiltere Parlamentosu’nda yaptığı açıklamada, kendisinin de bir Yahudi olduğunu hatırlatırken, “İsrail’e desteğim sarsılmazdır ancak bu durum, Filistin Devleti’ne desteğimle çelişmiyor” diye konuştu. İki devletli çözümün hem Filistinliler hem de İsrailliler için tek yol olduğunun altını çizen Miliband, Gazze’de yaşananların ise “dünyanın ve İngiltere’nin vicdanından silinmeyecek bir leke” olduğunu söyledi. “İngiltere, Batı Şeria’da yerleşimci teröristler tarafından etnik temizlik yapıldığını kabul etmektedir” diyen Miliband, İsrail’in Batı Şeria’daki eylemlerinin “Filistin Devleti” fikrini yok etmeyi hedeflediğini vurguladı. Öte yandan İran ve Hizbullah’a yönelik de yeni yaptırımlar açıklayan Miliband, “Bu tehditlerle mücadele, İsrail’le ortak ulusal güvenlik sorunlarımızdır. Bunlarla mücadelede işbirliğini sürdüreceğiz” dedi. Fransa Dışişleri Bakanı Jean-Noel Barrot da sosyal medya hesabından yaptığı açıklamada, “Fransa, aynı yönde taahhütlerde bulunan 11 ülkeyle birlikte işgal altındaki Filistin topraklarındaki İsrailli yerleşim yerleriyle ticarete son verecek” ifadesini kullandı. Batı Şeria’nın “patlama eşiğine” geldiği için böyle bir kararı aldıklarını belirten Barrot, bölgede uluslararası hukukun hiçe sayılarak Filistin topraklarının gasbının devam ettiğini, buradaki aşırıcı İsraillilerin Filistinlilere yönelik şiddet ve terör eylemlerinin arttığını vurguladı. “İsrail’in güvenliği kesin bir şekilde sağlanmadıkça Orta Doğu’da kalıcı barışın olamayacağını” savunan Barrot, “İsrail makamları yasa dışı sömürgeciliğe ve onu takip eden kabul edilemez şiddete son vermeli” görüşlerini paylaştı. ABD rahatsız ABD ise ambargo kararına karşı çıktı. ABD’nin İsrail Büyükelçisi Mike Huckabee, İngiliz firmalarının birçok ABD eyaletinde iş yapmasının “yasaklanabileceğini” söyledi. Kararın, İngiltere ile ABD ve İsrail arasındaki ilişkilerde yeni bir gerilime yol açabileceği değerlendirilirken, İngiltere Başbakanı Andy Burnham’ın ABD Başkanı Donald Trump ile telefon görüşmesi gerçekleştirdiği bildirildi. İsrail Cumhurbaşkanı Isaac Herzog ise, böyle bir karar alan ülkelerin “tarihin yanlış tarafında” yer alacağını ifade etti. Öte yandan İsrail, İngiltere’nin kararına misilleme olarak Kudüs’teki İngiliz konsolosluğunu kapatma kararı aldı. Birleşmiş Milletler ve çoğu ülke, Batı Şeria’daki İsrail yerleşimlerini yasadışı, bölgeyi ise işgal altında kabul ediyor. İsrail ise Batı Şeria’nın işgal altında değil, statüsü tartışmalı bir bölge olduğunu savunuyor. Bu topraklardan giden mallar İsrail’in toplam ticaret hacminin küçük bir kısmını teşkil ediyor. Türkiye’den destek Dışişleri Bakanlığı, 12 ülkenin Batı Şeria’daki yasa dışı yerleşimlerle ticareti yasaklamaya yönelik adımları hakkında yazılı açıklama yaptı. Açıklamada, “Birleşik Krallık, Fransa ve Kanada’nın öncülüğünde on iki ülke tarafından Batı Şeria’daki yasa dışı yerleşimlerle ticareti ve iş ilişkilerini yasaklamaya yönelik atılan adımları memnuniyetle karşılıyor ve destekliyoruz” ifadelerine yer verildi. Açıklamada, yasa dışı yerleşimlerin, sistematik bir işgal politikasına dönüşerek Filistin Devleti’nin varlığını tehdit eder noktaya ulaştığı, “yerleşimci terörü”nün etnik temizlik boyutuna vardığı vurgulandı. 7 Ekim tartışması büyüyor: Uyarmışlardı İsraili merkezli Haaretz ülkede seçime günler kala 7 Ekim 2023’te ülkeyi sarsan Hamas saldırılarıyla ilgili çarpıcı bir haberle dikkat çekti. Haberde, BAE Devlet Başkanı Muhammed bin Zaid’in 7 Ekim saldırısından bir buçuk hafta önce İsrail Başbakanı Binyamin Netanyahu’yu aradığını ve olası saldırılarla ilgili istihbarattan haberdar ettiği öne sürüldü. Habere göre Bin Zaid bu görüşmede, Hamas’ın Gazze’deki lideri Yahya Sinvar’ın İsrail’e karşı büyük bir operasyon planladığı uyarısında bulundu. Bin Zaid, söz konusu olayın sadece kan dökülmesine yol açmakla kalmayıp tüm bölgeyi istikrarsızlaştıracağından endişe ettiğini dile getirdi. Habere göre Netanyahu ise sakin bir tepki verdi ve İsrail’in her türlü senaryoya hazırlıklı olduğunu belirtti. Suudi-Husi çatışmaları şiddetlendi Yemen’de İran destekli Husiler ile Suudi Arabistan tarafından desteklenen Yemen hükümeti güçleri arasındaki çatışmalar şiddetleniyor. Husilerin Suudi Arabistan’a yönelik son saldırısı büyük dikkat çekerken, çatışmada yeni bir döneme girildi. Suudi Arabistan Enerji Bakanlığı, Husilerin ülkenin güneyindeki bazı enerji tesislerini hedef aldığını; bazı bölgelerde yangınların çıktığını bildirdi. Suudi Arabistan öncülüğündeki koalisyon, Husilerin ülkeye yönelik saldırılarında 73 kişinin yaralandığını duyurdu. Suudi Arabistan Enerji Bakanlığı, ülkenin güneyindeki bazı petrol ve enerji tesislerinin saldırıların ardından faaliyetlerini geçici olarak durdurduğunu açıkladı. Bakanlık, çeşitli noktalarda çıkan yangınlara itfaiye ekiplerinin müdahalesinin sürdüğünü belirtti. Saldırılar, Yemen’de hükümet güçlerinin Husilerin kontrolündeki başkent Sana’yı geri almak amacıyla başlattığı karşı saldırının sürdüğü dönemde gerçekleşti. Yemen ordusu son günlerde Husilerin daha önce ele geçirdiği bazı bölgeleri geri almak için karşı saldırı başlatırken, el-Cevf’te yeni bir cephe açarak başkente doğru ilerleme sağlamaya çalışıyor. Türkiye’den kınama Dışişleri Bakanlığı’ndan yapılan açıklamada, Husilerin Suudi Arabistan’ı hedef alan saldırıları kınanırken, “Husilere saldırgan eylemlerine bir an önce son vermeleri çağrısında bulunuyoruz” denildi. ABD’den İran petrolüne saldırı ABD’nin İran’a yönelik saldırıları devam ediyor. ABD ordusu dün İran’ın Basra Körfezi’nde yer alan petrol ihraç terminalinin bulunduğu Hark Adası ile Hürmüzgan Eyaleti’ne bağlı Cask kenti yakınlarına saldırılar düzenledi. İran medyası bölgede patlama seslerinin duyulduğunu bildirdi. Amerikan Fox News’e konuşan üst düzey ABD’li bir yetkili, Hark Adası ile Cask kentine saldırıları doğrularken, vurulan hedefler arasında İranlı petrol tankerlerinin de bulunduğunu açıkladı. ‘Denizaltı ele geçirdik’ İran Devrim Muhafızları Ordusu, Hürmüz Boğazı’nda ABD’ye ait insansız denizaltı ele geçirdiklerini duyurdu. Yayınlanan görüntülerde, denizaltının ABD Donanması’nın en yeni otonom su altı sistemlerinden biri olan Dive-LD olduğu görüldü. 6 bin metre derinliğe inebilen denizaltı, deniz tabanı haritalama, mayın tespiti, boru hattı kontrolü ve istihbarat toplama görevlerinde kullanılıyor.

Israeli opposition blames Netanyahu for growing international isolation over West Bank settlements

Israeli opposition politicians have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of pushing Israel into unprecedented international isolation following the United Kingdom’s decision to impose sanctions related to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Türkiye ve 7 ülkeden İngiltere'nin yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimleriyle ilgili kararına destek

Türkiye’nin de aralarında bulunduğu sekiz ülke, İngiltere’nin yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimlerinden ithalatı yasaklama ve bağlantılı hizmetleri kısıtlama kararını memnuniyetle karşıladı. Dışişleri Bakanlığından yapılan açıklamada, Türkiye, BAE, Endonezya, Katar, Mısır, Pakistan, Suudi Arabistan ve Ürdün dışişleri bakanlarının, İngiltere'nin, işgal altındaki Filistin topraklarındaki yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimlerinden mal ithalatını yasaklama kararına ilişkin ortak yazılı açıklama yayımladığı belirtildi. Açıklamada, bu kararın, uluslararası hukuka uygun şekilde uluslararası toplumu benzer adımlar atmaya teşvik etmesi ve yasa dışı yerleşim faaliyetlerinde bulunan kuruluşlar ile bu faaliyetlere karışan kişilerin hesap verebilirliğinin sağlanmasına katkıda bulunması temenni edildi. Bakanların, Kanada, Danimarka, Finlandiya, Fransa, İzlanda, İrlanda, Norveç, Polonya, Portekiz, İspanya, İsveç ve İngiltere dışişleri bakanları tarafından yayımlanan İki Devletli Çözüme İlişkin Ortak Bildiri’yi de memnuniyetle karşıladığı bildirildi. Açıklamada, söz konusu ülkelerin, uluslararası hukuka göre yasa dışı olan yerleşimlerle yapılan mal ticaretine ulusal veya Avrupa düzeyinde kısıtlamalar getirme ya da kendi ulusal usulleri çerçevesinde bu ve diğer tedbirleri aktif biçimde değerlendirme yönündeki niyetlerinin teyit edildiği aktarıldı. Açıklamada, bakanların uluslararası toplumu, işgal altındaki Filistin topraklarındaki yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimlerini destekleyen veya bunların sürdürülmesine katkı sağlayan faaliyetlere son verilmesi amacıyla somut tedbirler almaya teşvik ettiği kaydedildi. Açıklamada, bakanların, açıklanan bu niyetlerin, tüm devletlerin İsrail’in Filistin topraklarını hukuka aykırı işgalinden kaynaklanan durumu hukuken tanımama ve İsrail’in işgaliyle oluşturulan durumun sürdürülmesine yardım veya destek sağlamama yükümlülüğü de dahil olmak üzere, uluslararası hukuk ve ilgili Birleşmiş Milletler (BM) kararlarıyla uyumlu olduğu değerlendirmesine yer verildi. Bu kapsamda, BM Güvenlik Konseyi’nin 2334 sayılı kararı ile Uluslararası Adalet Divanı’nın 19 Temmuz 2024 tarihli İstişari Görüşü de dikkate alındı. Bakanların, bu çerçevede, İsrail'in yerleşim faaliyetleriyle bağlantılı olarak aldığı tüm tedbirleri ve işgal altındaki Filistin topraklarının coğrafi ve demografik yapısını değiştirmeyi amaçlayan diğer tüm uygulamaları geri çekmesi yönündeki çağrıyı yineledikleri belirtilen açıklamada, şunlar kaydedildi: "Bakanlar, Gazze’nin işgal altındaki Filistin topraklarının ayrılmaz bir parçası olduğunu vurgulamakta ve güvenlik ile istikrarın sağlanması, insani durumun ele alınması, yeniden imar ve toparlanma sürecinin kolaylaştırılması ve kalıcı barışın temellerinin atılması amacıyla ABD Başkanı Trump’ın (Donald) Gazze İhtilafını Sona Erdirmeye Yönelik Kapsamlı Planı’nın tam olarak ve derhal uygulanması çağrısında bulunmaktadır. Bakanlar, adil, kalıcı ve kapsamlı bir barışın sağlanmasının tek uygulanabilir yolunun, uluslararası hukuk ve ilgili Birleşmiş Milletler kararları doğrultusunda, başkenti Doğu Kudüs olan, 4 Haziran 1967 sınırları temelinde bağımsız, egemen, toprak bütünlüğüne sahip ve yaşanabilir bir Filistin Devleti’nin hayata geçirilmesi suretiyle iki devletli çözümün uygulanması olduğunu bir kez daha vurgulamaktadır." 12 ÜLKEDEN BATI ŞERİA KARARI Kanada, Danimarka, Finlandiya, Fransa, İzlanda, İrlanda, Norveç, Polonya, Portekiz, İspanya, İsveç ve İngiltere dışişleri bakanları, yaptıkları ortak yazılı açıklamayla İsrail'in işgal altındaki Batı Şeria'daki yerleşimlerinden gelen mallara ticari kısıtlama getireceklerini duyurmuştu. Açıklamada, İsrail'in Batı Şeria'daki eylemleriyle iki devletli çözümü baltalayan adımlar attığı vurgulanarak, durumun her geçen gün daha da kötü hale geldiği belirtilmişti. Filistin topraklarını gasbeden İsraillilerin sebep olduğu şiddet olaylarına dikkat çekilen açıklamada, iki devletli çözüm fikrinin korunması gerektiği vurgulanmıştı. İsrail, ticari yaptırımlara yanıt olarak İngiltere'nin işgal altındaki Doğu Kudüs'te bulunan Filistin nezdindeki konsolosluğunu kapatma kararı aldığını açıklamıştı.

Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank are choking the Palestinian economy

Israeli military checkpoints are choking the West Bank economy, devastating local businesses and daily life.

Israeli army launches surprise military drill in occupied West Bank

Israel tightens military measures on Palestinian movement across West Bank and East Jerusalem during Jewish holidays

Israel prepares for escalation in West Bank: Media

The Israeli army is preparing for a broad escalation in the occupied West Bank in the coming days that could include taking control of additional Palestinian refugee camps and conducting large-scale military operations, Israeli media reported on Sept. 13.

Jerusalem Daily: Pregnant woman killed in Gaza

Israeli forces kill a pregnant Palestinian woman in Gaza and settler pogroms intensify across the occupied West Bank.

Israel accused of trying to ‘eliminate’ living conditions for Palestinians in West Bank

Report by Israeli human rights group says systematic and broad assault being waged on conditions required for Palestinians’ existence Israel is working towards the systematic “elimination” of the conditions that sustain Palestinian collective life in the occupied West Bank, according to a major report published by the human rights group B’Tselem. The Israeli organisation’s hard-hitting report, shared with the Guardian in advance of publication, says Israel is “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank”, including “the ability to get to work, take children to school or university, receive medical treatment or municipal services, meet family and friends, cultivate land or go on vacation … routine activities that make up human life”. 1,107 Number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the West Bank since October 2023 Continue reading...

Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in West Bank raid

Israeli forces raid home in Al-Bireh city, open fire on Palestinian, according to local residents

Guterres, Batı Şeria'nın, İsrail'in "ilhak baskısıyla" karşı karşıya olduğunu belirtti

Birleşmiş Milletler (BM) Genel Sekreteri Antonio Guterres, İsrail'in saldırılarının ve hukuksuz uygulamalarının devam ettiği işgal altındaki Batı Şeria'da Filistinlilerin "ilhak baskısı" süreciyle karşı karşıya olduğunu belirtti.

Israel adds tender for 2,167 housing units to settlement expansion plan in West Bank, rights groups say

Israel has added a tender for 2,167 housing units to its E1 settlement expansion plan, Israeli rights groups said of a project that critics say endangers a future Palestinian state. The project would bisect the Israeli-occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, fragmenting the land Palestinians hope will form the heart of a state. The tender for 2,167 units is in addition to a tender for 1,234 units announced at the end of August, bringing the total number of housing units to 3,401, Israeli rights group Ir Amim said in a statement issued late on Wednesday. The decision was condemned by a representative for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, who said the E1 tenders were in violation of international law. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, an ultra-nationalist in the governing right-wing coalition, has said the plan would “bury” a Palestinian state. The tender is scheduled to open for bidding on October 25, two days before Israel is due to hold a parliamentary election. Ir Amim said the bidding date showed the government’s resolve to push ahead with the E1 project and “create an increasingly irreversible reality on the ground ahead of the elections.” The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment. Many Western states and campaign groups have opposed the E1 settlement project over concerns that it could undermine a future peace deal with the Palestinians. Britain, France and Canada banned exports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank last week. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said the E1 project risks making a Palestinian state unviable. Under Israel’s right-wing coalition government, there has been a massive expansion of settlements in the West Bank. UN bodies, Palestinians and most countries view the settlements as illegal under international conventions a stance disputed by Israel and as a major obstacle to peace.

What Is the E1 Project, Israel’s Disputed Settlement Plan in the West Bank?

Israel’s right-wing government is opening bidding for thousands of housing units in a patch of the West Bank, a move that would thwart efforts at Palestinian statehood.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian near Jenin in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man near Jenin and an Israeli settler died from his wounds in a separate shooting.

Netanyahu vows response to West Bank attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would hold accountable those responsible for two attacks in the northern West Bank, after one person was killed in a shooting near the Neve Tzuf settlement.

Israeli Shot and Killed in West Bank by Palestinian, Officials Say

The Israeli officials said an arrest had been made. The attack was on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Violence in the territory has grown recently.

Israeli man shot dead near West Bank settlement, Netanyahu orders demolition of ‘terrorist’ home

Israeli man shot dead in West Bank and Palestinian driver killed by soldiers

Israel closes roads and West Bank crossings into Jerusalem for Yom Kippur

Closures disrupt Palestinian movement into Jerusalem as Israeli forces deploy heavily across the city

Man who shot and killed burglar says he fears he'll end up in jail like Roggero

I shouldn't have fired, I was panicking says 35-year-old

West Bank: Israeli settler, Palestinian killed in latest violence

Violence flared in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, as Israeli forces arrested a suspected Palestinian gunman accused of killing an Israeli man. In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian driver who the military said had attempted to run them over. Nicholas Rushworth reports.

‘War crime’: Jordan’s king slams Israeli West Bank expansion

Jordan's King Abdullah II decried Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as a strategy of ‘forced displacement.'

Israeli forces raid several West Bank areas, arrest Palestinians

Raids reported in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tubas, Jericho, Bethlehem and Tulkarem areas; Palestinian vehicle set ablaze near Yatta

Israel’s ambassador to the US says son injured in West Bank car-ramming

Palestinian shot dead as Israel's ambassador to the US identifies injured soldier as his son.

Israel’s US envoy says son was injured in West Bank ramming attack

Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency services say its teams evacuated a man in serious condition to the hospital

Israeli soldier wounded in car-ramming attack in occupied West Bank

Israeli soldier Neria Leiter wounded in a suspected car-ramming attack near the illegal settlement of Beit Horon.

Israeli army kills Palestinian in occupied West Bank over alleged car-ramming attack

Israeli military says 29-year-old carried out attack that seriously injured soldier later identified as son of Israel’s ambassador to US

Son of Israel’s US envoy injured in West Bank ramming attack

Israeli media report that Yechiel Leiter's son is in life-threatening condition after undergoing complex brain surgery following the attack.

'Needs a miracle': Son of Israeli ambassador to US injured in West Bank ramming attack

Financial Times: İsrail, Batı Şeria'da arkeolojiyi işgal için silah olarak kullanıyor

Financial Times, İsrail'in arkeolojik araştırmalar bahanesiyle bölgede daha çok toprağı işgal etmeye çalıştığını ve bu bilim dalını bir silah olarak kullandığını yazdı.