The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Trump-Era Israeli Settlement Growth Proceeds in His Absence

The growth of Israel’s West Bank settler population accelerated last year, according to figures released by a pro-settler group on Thursday, despite renewed American pressure to rein in construction on occupied territory that the Palestinians want for a future state. The figures show that a settlement surge initiated when President…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2022

‘Love for a free life’: Why Palestinian prisoners hunger strike

Al Jazeera speaks to recently freed Palestinian hunger strikers Miqdad Qawasmi and Hisham Abu Hawwash.

Al Jazeera · Mar 10, 2022

Palestinian Shot Last Week by Israeli Troops Dies of Wounds

A Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces in clashes last week died from his wounds early on Wednesday, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Ahmed Seif, 23, was shot in the stomach three times during clashes with Israeli troops in the village of Burqa, near Nablus, in the occupied West…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 9, 2022

Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces and armed Palestinians exchanged fire during an Israeli arrest raid in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday, leaving two Palestinians dead, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. One of those killed in the Jenin camp was identified as a 22-year-old member of the Islamic Jihad…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 1, 2022

Israeli forces kill Palestinian gunman in West Bank raid, Palestinian health ministry says

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian fighter on Tuesday in a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2022

Israel Controls Palestinians Using ‘Organized Violence’

Israel is controlling the fate of five million Palestinians in the occupied territories and practicing systematic, active and continuous violence against them, an Israeli human rights group said. B’Tselem accused Israel of subjecting Palestinian lives to a daily routine of violence – some of it overt, but more often implicit.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2022

Palestinians Warn Against Israel’s Exploitation of World’s Preoccupation with Ukraine

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned against Israel’s exploitation of the world’s preoccupation with the situation in Ukraine to expand its aggression, violence and crimes against Palestinians. In a statement on Thursday, it slammed the continuous seizure of Palestinian lands and growing settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, in general,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 25, 2022

Palestinian boy buried after being killed by Israeli fire

A large crowd of mourners buried a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank, a day after he was shot dead by Israeli troops

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Palestinian Boy Killed by Israeli Fire After Alleged Attack

A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, allegedly after throwing firebombs at passing Israeli vehicles. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Mohammed Shehadeh was killed in Al-Khader, a town near Bethlehem. It gave no further details. The Israeli…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 23, 2022

Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy, 14, in West Bank: Ministry

The Palestinian health ministry says Mohammed Shehadeh killed by Israeli forces in Al-Khader near Bethleham.

Al Jazeera · Feb 22, 2022