The Latest Breaking News from West Bank

Israel launches biggest Palestine attack in 20 years with drone strikes on refugee camp

At least seven Palestinians have died and 28 have been injured in an attack by Israel on the West Bank, with the death toll expected to rise, according to the Palestinian health ministry

Daily Mirror · Jul 3, 2023

Israel launches large-scale military operation in West Bank

At least five Palestinians have been killed in one of the largest military operations launched on the West Bank by Israel in recent years.  

The Week · Jul 3, 2023

West Bank: Gun battles break out as Israeli forces launch massive operation

The Palestinian health ministry confirmed that several people died after Israeli airstrikes on a militant compound just after 1am on Monday

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2023

Israel launches large-scale raid in West Bank, Palestinians say three people killed

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.

France 24 · Jul 3, 2023

Israel’s far-right government fans the flames of vigilante settler violence

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Max Hastings: History shows Israel’s military strength may be its weakness

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…

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2023

Australia, Canada, UK ‘deeply concerned’ over Israeli settlements

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

Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2023

‘Nowhere in Palestine is free’: West Bank villagers defenceless against rising settler violence

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

Israeli killing of 15-year-old Palestinian girl in West Bank casts light on civilian casualties

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 Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

UN urges Israel and Palestinians to halt West Bank violence in statement backed by US and Russia

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

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023