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Inside The Hague's latest historic judgment: How is the ICJ procedure different than the ICC? ■ Has Israel cooperated with the hearings? ■ What are the repercussions if the court rules that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal?

Shepherding communities in the northern West Bank rely on water tanks from adjacent towns, but access via checkpoints are down to four hours a day. 'If it stays closed for two days, I don't know how we'll live,' says one local Palestinian

David Lammy demanded Israel halt settlement expansion West Bank and east Jerusalem, and said that the Palestinian Authority needs to be 'reformed and empowered'

An IDF missile hurtled into an apartment in the densely populated Tul Karm refugee camp in the West Bank, killing Nisreen Damiri in front of her 7-year-old son, and wounding her sister-in-law. This is what happens when the Israeli army makes 'maximum effort to avoid harming noncombatants'

Biden says his cease-fire proposal 'is now agreed to by both Israel and Hamas' ■ Netanyahu denies reports that Israel, Egypt discussed using electronic surveillance along the Gaza/Egypt border ■ USAID's chief says she received Israeli pledges to allow aid workers to move more quickly and safely in Gaza ■ ICJ to publish its position on Israeli occupation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem next Friday ■ Here's what you need to know 280 days into the war

The passage of a bill submitted by Likud MK Amit Halevi would apply Israeli law in the territories, in effect serving those who allege that Israel is running an apartheid regime in the West Bank

These plans include expanding settlements deep within the West Bank and legalizing the outposts as 'neighborhoods' within settlements. Israel's finance minister says these measures are aimed at countering the recognition of a Palestinian state by certain EU countries

Last week, Finance Minister Smotrich announced government approval of measures aimed 'to fight against recognition of a Palestinian state,' which include authorizing thousands of housing units and legalizing five unauthorized outposts in the West Bank

15 rockets fired from Lebanon at northern Israel, some causing fires near border town ■ Dozens of Jewish settlers throw stones at Palestinians near West Bank junction, wounding three ■ Fires break out in northern Israel following barrage of rockets from Lebanon ■ Blinken, UAE FM discuss diplomatic efforts to reach Gaza cease-fire ■ NYT: Top IDF generals want a cease-fire; Netanyahu: That's not happening ■ Two Israeli soldiers killed in fighting in central Gaza

One Israeli soldier was killed and another seriously wounded when an explosive device detonated under a military vehicle during an overnight operation in the Nur al-Shams refugee camp near the West Bank city of Tul Karm

Palestinian Islamic Jihad says one of its key operatives was killed in Israeli drone strike in West Bank ■ The IDF raises the bar for targeted assassinations of Palestinians who took part in the October 7 massacre, but are not part of Hamas or Islamic Jihad ■ Arab League no longer classifies Hezbollah as a terror group ■ Here's what you need to know 268 days into the war

Canada is the first government to sanction Amana, a key West Bank settlements group which states that its goal is to settle one million settlers in the West Bank

The blast, which wounded 16 others, occurred while IDF and Israeli security forces were operating in the West Bank's Jenin. Military bulldozers scanned the area prior to the forces' entry, IDF says

During operations in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, soldiers arrested wanted individuals and confiscated terror funds and explosive materials.

The Israeli army said the footage was in violation of its orders and procedures; The teenaged Palestinian died days after being wounded in clashes in a West Bank village

The former president and convicted felon is holding a fire sale on future presidential authority. Miriam Adelson wants to be his biggest donor, but in return she wants Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank

Israel runs the risk of opening up a new front, given the moves the government has planned ■ The IDF is finding it hard to deal with shooting attacks from Palestinian towns at Israeli communities close to the West Bank separation barrier ■ Thousands of reservists received their third call-up papers – but some of them are having to scrounge around for the most basic equipment

Israeli Defense Minister Gallant ordered the law that cancels the 2005 disengagement from the north of the West Bank to apply to the areas where three settlements were located. Simultaneously, the head of IDF Central Command signed an order barring Israelis from the area

Scores of settlers gathered at two junctions in the West Bank and threw stones at Palestinians earlier Sunday while others raided a truck near the settlement of Eviatar, claiming it was delivering aid to Gaza

West Bank settlers arrived at the scene to block humanitarian aid they believed to be en route to the Gaza Strip, setting tires on fire, blocking the truck, and injuring the driver.