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The economic crisis could also lead to an outbreak of violence against the Palestinian Authority – and the IDF is worried that the situation could spiral – but it's hard to envisage Netanyahu allowing West Bank workers into the country ■ Israel is gradually reducing its military presence in Gaza, but is unable to make headway on a new hostage-release deal

The IDF sees the unit's departure from Gaza as a loss of a significant force in the fighting in Gaza, but considers it necessary amid escalation in the West Bank. Sources say it can be attributed to the government's failure to decide measures which would improve Palestinian's financial situation

Since the war with Hamas began on October 7, more than 300 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank

Three gunmen infiltrated the West Bank settlement of Adora on Friday evening, entering through a breach in a perimeter fence. The three gunman were killed in an exchange of fire with the IDF. Residents were advised to lock themselves in their homes until morning

The IDF said three terrorists were killed following a shooting near a West Bank settlement ■ Rocket sirens sounded in Ashdod, near the Gaza border and along the border with Lebanon ■ Medicine will be transferred to Israeli hostages in Gaza 'in the next few days' in a Qatari-brokered deal that will also see more medicine enter Gaza ■ Israel presented its case against genocide claims at the UN's top court, slamming South Africa's 'profoundly distorted factual and legal picture'

An IDF missile fired into the center of a West Bank refugee camp killed six young people and wounded seven. The army initially denied ambulances access to the site, and Border Police beat and kicked the wounded. A few days later, troops invaded the camp again

Israeli forces raided nine money exchange branches in the West Bank, arrested 21 Palestinians suspected of transferring money to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Palestinians report of one killed, several wounded in clashes during the raid

According to the Palestinians' testimony, the assailants stripped and beat them, urinated on them and extinguished cigarettes on them. The IDF recently halted the operational activity of the unit, which recruits settler youth from outposts in the West Bank for army service

The IDF said the six were a group of terrorists who had been throwing explosive devices at forces operating in the area. In recent months, Israeli forces has increased operations in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the Palestinian city of Tul Karm in the West Bank

The IDF estimates that the shooting was carried out from a passing vehicle. This is the third shooting attack targeting Israelis in the West Bank in the last two months

The Belgian PM emulated Biden's recent sanctions, and says will push the EU to follow suit. 'Violence against civilians will have consequences,' he warns, as settler violence in the West Bank increases to an all-time high since the October 7 Hamas attack

Footage obtained by Haaretz shows settlers, some of them masked, alongside Israeli soldiers near torched property in a West Bank village in which a man's body was found hours later. In another incident, a 14-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by soldiers near Nablus after, according to them, he drew a knife and advanced toward them

Since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, support for Hamas has surged in the West Bank, where the rival Fatah party that runs the Palestinian Authority is deeply unpopular.

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank, and the United Arab Emirates later this week, a senior State Department official said on Monday, to press for more humanitarian aid into Gaza and help secure the release of all hostages kidnapped by Hamas. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and […]

The incident comes as the U.S. administration pushes Israel to crack down on extremist activities in the West Bank ■ IDF spokesperson: 'This was a serious incident which contravenes IDF values'

As Israel continues its ground invasion of Gaza, U.S. officials fear that the relative quiet in the West Bank could quickly turn into a full-scale war – something both the U.S. and Israel cannot afford politically

Since October 7, Israeli forces have arrested about 1,700 suspects throughout the West Bank.

While the IDF and the Shin Bet are busy in the Gaza Strip, West Bank settlers are exploiting the war to invade private lands, attack Palestinians and arm themselves with military weapons

Under Hamas's original plan, it would have hit many other major Israeli cities and IDF bases and go as far as the West Bank, where it has allies in the form of local terrorist cells.

Under Hamas's original plan, it would have hit many other major Israeli cities and IDF bases and go as far as the West Bank, where it has allies in the form of local terrorist cells.