The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Hundreds In West Bank Mourn Slain US-Turkish Activist

Hundreds of mourners gathered Monday in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, to pay respects to a US-Turkish activist killed while protesting against Israeli settlements in a nearby town.

International Business Times · Sep 9, 2024

An Argentine is among the three killed in a terror attack at the West Bank-Jordan border checkpoint

A gunman approached the Allenby crossing in a truck, got out and shot three security guards point blank before being neutralized

Latin Times · Sep 9, 2024

Mourners attend funeral for American activist witness say was shot dead by Israeli troops

The Western-backed Palestinian Authority has held a funeral procession for a U.S.-Turkish dual national activist of Turkish descent who a witness says was shot and killed by Israeli forces while demonstrating against settlements in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024

Gunman kills three guards at West Bank crossing with Jordan: Israeli army

The alleged assailant has been identified by the Jordanian interior ministry as Maher Dyab Hussein al-Jazi.

Al Jazeera · Sep 8, 2024

Shooting attack at the West Bank-Jordan border crossing kills 3 Israelis

Israeli officials say three people were fatally shot at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2024

Three Israelis killed in shooting at West Bank-Jordan border crossing

A gunman crossing from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians on Sunday at the Allenby Bridge border between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza. The assailant was killed in a shootout with Israeli security forces.

France 24 · Sep 8, 2024

Three Israeli civilians killed in attack at West Bank-Jordan border

Jordan has responded by closing its side of the border and launching an investigation into the incident

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2024

Britain’s limited Gaza action will do little to curb Israel’s wider territorial ambitions

Even before the current war, plans to annex West Bank land were clear. Now evidence is growing that Jewish settlements could be forced on Gaza

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

What it’s like to flee Jenin’s ‘earthquake’ incursion by Israeli forces

With more than 70 percent of the occupied West Bank city ‘annihilated’, some families fled, while others remain trapped.

Al Jazeera · Sep 8, 2024

Chased away by Israeli settlers, these Palestinians returned to a village in ruins

An entire Palestinian community fled their tiny West Bank village last fall after repeated threats from Israeli settlers with a history of violence

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2024