Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that the Israeli military has forcibly displaced 40,000 Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank and that they couldn't return home as the IDF will be operating in the area over the next year, raising fears of a...
Netanyahu Orders West Bank Escalation After Empty Buses Explode in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a massive escalation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after three empty buses exploded in the Israeli city of Bat Yam near Tel Aviv, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday. "The Prime Minister has ordered the...
Israeli Military Kills Pregnant Woman in West Bank as It Expands Raids
On Sunday, a pregnant Palestinian woman was among two women killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm. Sundus Shalabi, 23, who was eight months pregnant, was shot by Israeli gunfire while traveling...
Israeli Settler Leaders Welcome Trump’s Call for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza
Israeli settler leaders have welcomed President Trump's call for Palestinians to be removed from the Gaza Strip, which would amount to ethnic cleansing, and are calling for his plans to be implemented. On Tuesday, Trump had called for Palestinians to be removed from...
Israeli Military Blows Up Neighborhood in West Bank’s Jenin Refugee Camp
On Sunday, the Israeli military blew up a neighborhood in the Jenin refugee camp as its stepped-up assault on the northern West Bank city continues. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the Israeli military rigged residential buildings in the refugee camp...
Shin Bet Says Israel’s ‘Multi-Front’ War Is Now Focused on the West Bank
The head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency said Thursday that Israel's "multi-front war" is now focused on the occupied West Bank amid a new Israeli siege on the northern Palestinian city of Jenin. "We are in a multi-front war, and now it is the turn of Samaria,"...
Israel Launches Major Offensive in West Bank Days After Gaza Ceasefire
The Israeli military launched a major offensive in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday focused on the northern city of Jenin, which came just days after the ceasefire in Gaza took effect. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said at least nine Palestinians had...
Israeli Military Prepares for Escalation in the West Bank, Continued Fighting in Gaza and Lebanon
Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), said Monday that the Israeli military must prepare for a "significant" escalation in the West Bank and the continuation of operations in Gaza and Lebanon. "Alongside the enhanced defensive...
Investigation Refutes Israel’s Account of Shooting That Killed American Activist
An investigation conducted by The Washington Post refutes Israel's account of the Israeli military shooting of Aysenur Eyzi Eygi, a 26-year-old American activist who was killed in the occupied West Bank on September 6. Eygi was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper...
Israel Claims Its Forces ‘Unintentionally’ Shot American Activist in the Head
The Israeli military on Tuesday said that it was "highly likely" one of its soldiers shot and killed an American activist in the Israeli-occupied West Bank but claimed it was "indirect and unintentional" despite it being a headshot, a claim backed by President Biden....