The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Israel declared 800 hectares of land in the West Bank as property of the state on Friday, a move that will facilitate use of the ground for settlement construction. The area covers large swaths of the Jordan Valley, a vital region for a future Palestinian state, and is the largest…

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot while lighting a firework. ‘Cases like these happen quite regularly, but no one’s hearing about them,’ according to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem

NPR visits one West Bank town where Israelis are grazing sheep, in a place where a Palestinian school once stood.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s announcement comes despite international pressure against settlement building.

Arrested and held unlawfully, thousands of Palestinians are suffering abuse at the hands of Israeli captors.

Normally festive Ramadan nights have become rife with danger in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, said hospital director Wisam Bakr, as surging violence casts a long shadow over the Muslim fasting month.

Hamas fighters killed in Israeli operation in West Bank; IDF conducts counterterrorism operations, escalating tensions in the region.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a Middle East tour hoping to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.

European Union leaders called on Thursday for an "immediate" humanitarian pause in Gaza that would lead to a ceasefire. "Strong and unified statement of EU leaders on the Middle East at #EUCO tonight!" Charles Michel, the president of the council, posted on social media platform X. "The EU calls for…

As Palestinian climber Faris Abu Gosh encouraged his friend ascending a limestone cliff in the occupied West Bank, the war raging in Gaza momentarily slipped from his mind.

Israeli drone strike in Jenin kills three militants and injures one critically. Alleged retaliation for killing an Israeli settler in 2023.