The Latest Breaking News from the West Bank

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

Owais Hammam was walking near his home in Khirbet Bani Harith in the West Bank on Dec. 3, 2025, when, according to media reports, he was kidnapped by Jewish settlers. Over several hours at a nearby settlement, the 18-year-old Palestinian is alleged to have endured repeated beatings, humiliation and harassment.

The olive harvest that was marked by violence is complete in the West Bank, but fear still hangs over many Palestinian villages, where residents keep constant watch for armed Israeli settlers.

Palestinians in the West Bank are living in fear of more attacks by armed Israeli settlers

Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

IN FOCUS: ‘I don’t feel safe in my own house,’ activist Issa Amro tells The Independent following months of targeting after he appeared in Theroux’s film The Settlers

Fifty children and their immediate families had been evacuated to the UK for treatment as of November 21.

Israel claims the two men were terrorists, while Palestinians allege the incident represented extrajudicial killing.