The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

The next administration is more likely to appear by default than by design, says Tahani Mustafa, senior Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group

Fatah, the largest Palestinian party, has seen its popularity plunge during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, from where the Islamists violently ousted rivals Fatah in 2007.

At least four Palestinians, including three teenagers, were killed in 24 hours, while 60 people were arrested.

While the world watches Israel's war with Hamas and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, surely anything that eases tensions is to be welcomed? So why won't Israel's government call time on attacks by Jewish settlers in the West Bank, settlers who since October 7 have stepped up their push to…

The United States said Tuesday it would refuse visas for extremist Israeli settlers behind a wave of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, as it also asked Israel to do more to spare civilians in Gaza.

US has called on Israel to act against violent settler groups in the occupied West Bank.

In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

The Palestinian villages south of Nablus face severe settler violence and warn the assaults will only increase.

This blog has now closed. Read our full report on the latest developments in Gaza here and our report on a UN meeting to hear accounts of sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October here.

Human rights groups say Israel stepped up arrests in the occupied West Bank during the war. Only a fraction of those arrested have been released as part of hostage and prisoner exchanges.

The Israeli government is stripping away our freedoms – economic, physical, even the ability to celebrate, says health researcher Layth Hanbali