West Bank Violence

IDF, Israel Police trade blame as West Bank settler violence ramps up: 'Where was the military?'

Settlers arrived at the Palestinian villages of Kusra and Jalud on Saturday afternoon, barricading themselves inside a Palestinian home and hurling stones at locals.

Israeli leftist activists gather as Palestinian residents and solidarity volunteers stand on the roof of a house besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, West Bank, August 14, 2026
Israeli army soldiers stand near a Palestinian house which was besieged by Israeli settlers in Kusra village in the West Bank August 13, 2026.

'Harming Israel's standing in the world': Netanyahu condemns settler attack on Palestinian village

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 17, 2026

Israel’s next government must save the country before it is too late - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes part in a situational assessment in the West Bank on August 24, 2026.

Netanyahu meets with senior security officials to discuss West Bank violence, Israeli settlement


What is going on in Israel, Lebanon, and Gaza?

Israel targeted with bus bombings, no one injured • Fourth body of returned slain hostages identified as Gazan woman

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel who are held hostage in Hamas captivity hang outside the protest tent calling for the release of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, February 19, 2025.

Family of IDF soldier killed by Hamas in 90s seek to prevent terrorist release

As terrorists are freed in the ongoing hostage and ceasefire deal, one IDF soldier’s family fights to stop the release of his killer.

 Sharon Edri was murdered at just 20 years old by terrorists in Tzurif.

Security forces in West Bank on high alert after IDF West Bank operation

The IDF said that they will "maintain zero tolerance for disturbances and expressions of support for Hamas."

 Israeli security forces seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, February 1, 2025

Hezbollah official assassinated by gunmen outside Lebanon home - report

Hammadi may be the same Muhammad Hamamdi, who is on the FBI's most-wanted list following his hijacking of a West German plane in 1985, during which an American service member was tortured to death.

 HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS hold flags marking Resistance and Liberation Day, in Kfar Kila near the Lebanese border with Israel in May.

IDF mixed record containing Jewish extremist retaliation to Palestinian attack

Since the January 6 attack, there have been reports of numerous Jewish extremist attacks on Palestinian villages.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

Israelis in West Bank set fire to mosque, graffiti 'revenge' on building - report

The words "the righteous will rejoice because he takes vengeance," from the Torah, was sprayed on the building.

 A mosque in the village of Marda in Samaria was set on fire last night by Jews. The verse "The righteous will rejoice because he has revenge" was sprayed on the site.

IDF managing Second Intifada-levels of West Bank terror better despite fewer soldiers

Is PA crackdown on terror too little, too late; Jewish extremist violence still high; confronting the Iranian smuggling threat from Jordan

 IDF soldiers from the Central Command carry out operational activities in the West Bank

How has Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth handled extremism, terrorism in the West Bank? - analysis

The bottom line is that 2024 is a stark failure in restoring security and order as compared to almost every other year in the last decade.

IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth.

Light sentences expected for 4 Jews convicted of endangering Palestinians in Ahuvia Sandak

Had the defendants been only convicted of less dangerous rock throwing, lighter sentences might have been less surprising.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

IDF thwarts terror in West Bank, arrests four Palestinians with M16s

"The four Palestinian suspects threatened several young people who were hiking in the area at the time."

 IDF arrests four Palestinians in West Bank attempting carry out terror attack, confiscates M16s