The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Israeli drones have struck targets in a stronghold of militants in the occupied West Bank and hundreds of troops are deployed in the area

Israeli media said the military also conducted airstrikes, reviving a tactic it had largely halted during the past two decades.

Israeli forces attacked Jenin refugee camp in air and ground operations that included missiles and injured dozens.

Israeli forces hit the city of Jenin with drone strikes during an operation on Monday that included hundreds of troops and set off a gunbattle lasting into the morning, killing at least five people in a major escalation of West Bank violence.

Religious nationalists emboldened now their representatives are major players in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new administration

The last time that I visited the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, was almost 20 years ago. In a camp outside Bethlehem a delightful 31-year-old woman named Hanavi Ramban, mother of five children, said to me: “A Palestinian state is the only hope for us the refugees, who…

The continued expansion of settlements is an obstacle to peace, the three countries said in a joint statement.

The killing of a young father during a rampage through his quiet village underlines the impossible options for Palestinians in the occupied territories

A 15-year-old Palestinian girl, Sadeel Naghniyeh, was killed by suspected Israeli fire when a raid into the refugee camp last week ignited the fiercest Israeli-Palestinian fighting in years

The U.N. Security Council is urging Israel and the Palestinians to avoid actions that can further inflame tensions in the volatile West Bank

Calls grow for the Palestinian Authority to protect Palestinians against increasing violent settler attacks.