The Latest Breaking News from the West Bank

In today’s newsletter: After Donald Trump’s remarks, renewed alarm about what will follow the first phase of the ceasefire

Donald Trump’s recent statement describing Gaza as a “demolition site” – and his suggestion to “evacuate” Palestinians in Gaza to Egypt and Jordan to “clean out that whole thing” – has sent shockwaves across the region.

The current leadership is seen as either absent or illegitimate. A postwar plan must not simply repackage it, says researcher of Palestinian and Arab politics Dana El Kurd

A TWO-YEAR-OLD Palestinian has been killed by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in a raid in the West Bank.

Palestinian-American director Cherien Dabis was in the West Bank, days away from shooting her ambitious and deeply personal drama "All That's Left Of You," when the events of October 7, 2023 forced a radical rethink.

ON THE GROUND: Palestinians and Israelis have barely had time to process the end of a ruinous 15-month war before Israel launched a ‘major counter-terrorism’ operation in the West Bank. Bel Trew reports from Jenin where families are fleeing their homes as the bullets and bombs rain down, sparking fears…

Azzam al-Shallalta dropped to his knees and wept at his mother's feet as he arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah with other Palestinian prisoners released under the Gaza ceasefire on Saturday.

UN human rights office criticises use of ‘methods and means used for war fighting’ in assault on city of Jenin

Israel has arrested more Palestinians than it has released as a result of its ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Father Bashar Basiel moved freely in and out of his parish in the occupied West Bank until Israeli troops installed gates at the entrance of his village Taybeh overnight, just hours after a ceasefire began in Gaza.

The military attack on Jenin began on Tuesday. At least 12 Palestinians have been killed across the governorate.