The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Jenin, Jerusalem … now Israelis grieve as the cycle of violence intensifies

A chain reaction of killings leaves Israel and the occupied territories on the brink of a new round of bloodletting

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2023

Boy, 13, ‘shoots father and son’ in Jerusalem hours after seven killed in synagogue attack

Gunman was shot and taken down by two passers-by

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

Israel-Palestinian violence escalates in 2nd Jerusalem attack

A 13-year-old Palestinian shot and injured two people in east Jerusalem less than a day after another gunman killed seven Israelis outside a synagogue, fueling concern about further attacks in one of the bloodiest months in years in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2023

Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu's radical cabinet ministers ignore history and pursue one undemocratic state

One of the advantages of growing older is that you accumulate something called "historic memory," which basically means you've been around long enough to recall more than younger folks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jan 28, 2023

Israeli military boosting forces in West Bank, spokesperson says

The Israeli military said on Saturday it was boosting forces in the occupied West Bank, a day after a Palestinian gunman shot seven people dead near a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem.    

Reuters · Jan 28, 2023

New shooting in east Jerusalem, hours after synagogue attack left seven dead

A young assailant shot and wounded at least two people in east Jerusalem on Saturday, Israeli medics said, hours after a Palestinian gunman killed seven outside a synagogue in one of the deadliest such attacks in years.

France 24 · Jan 28, 2023

Israelis killed in gun attack at Jerusalem synagogue

A gunman shot to death seven Israelis in an attack on a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood of East Jerusalem as tensions soared following the Thursday killing of nine Palestinians in a clash with Israeli security officials in the West Bank.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2023

Jerusalem shooting leaves 7 Israelis dead

A gunman shot to death seven Israelis in an attack on a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood of East Jerusalem as tensions soared following the Thursday killing of nine Palestinians in a clash with Israeli security officials in the West Bank.

Tribune News Service · Jan 27, 2023

9 killed by Israeli forces in "massacre"

"Israel will continue to do what it wants without punishment," said one analyst after Thursday's raid

Salon · Jan 27, 2023

Gunman kills 7 people in occupied East Jerusalem attack

Shooting follows a deadly Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp that killed nine Palestinians.

Al Jazeera · Jan 27, 2023