The Latest Breaking News from Nablus

For several months, tensions have been rising in the West Bank. Following a wave of anti-Israeli attacks that killed 19 people in the spring, the Israeli government launched a vast military operation in the area. More than 2,000 people have been arrested and 130 Palestinians killed in raids and clashes,…

The two men died from their wounds after being shot by Israeli forces.

Palestinian health officials say that two Palestinians were killed in separate encounters with Israeli security forces in the West Bank

Mahdi Hashash, 15, was killed when a hand-made explosive blew up in his hand during an Israeli army raid on Nablus.

The Israeli army on Thursday lifted a weeks-long lockdown on the West Bank city of Nablus, as troops shot dead a Palestinian in clashes elsewhere in the occupied territory, officials said. "In accordance to a routine situational assessment in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), it has been decided that…

The rising wave of terror attacks symbolize the collapse of the Palestinian Authority, believes an Israeli academic

The Israeli army on Friday announced a partial easing of the tight blockade it imposed on the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The decision was not welcomed by settlers, who continued to hold rallies in various parts of the West Bank, protesting against what they called “the tolerance of…

The Israeli army’s Chief of Staff, Aviv Kohavi, ordered on Friday commanders of the military divisions to reduce the “rampant insecurity” committed by settlers in the West Bank. Although the Israeli army had participated in many of the settlers’ attacks against Palestinians, Kohavi specifically criticized settlers who unreasonably behaved against…

Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants on Friday, Palestinian sources said, in what the Israeli military said was a response to a shooting at soldiers in the occupied West Bank.