The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

A series of violent escalations on the border between Israel and Gaza over the past week during a sensitive Jewish holiday period raised the specter of an escalation for the first time since May.

Sunday’s raid is just the latest in a stepped-up campaign of violence targeting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy when he discovered their presence during a raid, rights group says.

Six dead after day of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip

Raid on Jenin kills four Palestinians, with another Palestinian killed near the fence between Gaza and Israel.

Israel has sentenced a military commander in the occupied West Bank to 10 days in prison after an investigation into his shooting last week of a Palestinian motorist who was found to be innocent

Prehistoric ruins outside the ancient West Bank city of Jericho have been given UNESCO World Heritage status after a vote of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh. The UN agency says Tell al-Sultan was home to a permanent settlement by the 9th or 8th millennium BC. But the decision has…

A UN conference has voted to list ruins of the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision that has angered Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognise a Palestinian state.

A U.N. conference voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognize a Palestinian state.