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Tuesday's incidents come amid rising settler violence in the West Bank and attempts to clear lots for future settlements – and after the U.K. and U.S. each sanctioned four extremist Israeli settlers in unprecedented moves

  Britain imposed sanctions on four Israeli nationals Monday due to what they said was "aggression" against Palestinians in the West Bank. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and In The measures impose strict financial and travel restrictions on the four individuals, who Britain said were involved in "egregious abuses of human rights". "Extremist Israeli […]

Israeli defense sources doubt that the government will evacuate the outpost, which was built on state-controlled land ■ A group of about 15 Israelis attacked Palestinians in the northern West Bank

The UN agency serves around 870,000 Palestinians in the West Bank, running 96 schools and 43 primary healthcare facilities. Palestinians are worried about what will happen if the agency's funding is not restored

Several Israeli lawmakers heavily criticized Biden's new sanctions against violent settlers in the West Bank, and the two Israeli banks who began enforcing them

Israeli settlers and/or security forces fired at a car in the West Bank, killing a young Palestinian American who was about to start studying engineering in his hometown, New Orleans, and dreamed of working at NASA

  President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round against four individuals. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Those settlers were involved in acts of violence, as […]

42-year-old Dr. Lara Tannous worked as a pharmacist at a Jerusalem hospital. She was shot nearly three weeks ago in a West Bank shooting attack near the Ofra community, which also killed East Jerusalem resident Amar Mansour, 32

Israel's plan approved Sunday to get money to the Palestinian Authority is a good start, but not enough to save the West Bank from economic devastation

The move, requested by right-wing politicians and residents of the West Bank settlements, would be aimed at arming civilian security squads in order to defend themselves from attacks like those on Oct. 7

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