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Police clarify AFP photographer had no suspected advance knowledge of West Bank terror attack

Israel Police say an AFP photographer is not suspected of knowing about the Hebron shooting in advance, as investigators examine the attack.

One of the terrorists who attacked the northern checkpoint of Hebron in the West Bank, October 23, 2026.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a meeting of Egypt's National Defence Council at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, October 18, 2026

Hamas document reveals plan to exploit civilians as Netanyahu warns 'Israel is ready to strike'

Heidi Levine, a photojournalist with the Washington Post, speaks to journalists at the hospital after sustaining multiple injuries during an attack by Israeli militant settlers on Palestinians harvesting olives, in Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.

Washington Post CEO demands probe into settler attack on photographer in West Bank

An explosion takes place in an area controlled by Israel in southern Lebanon, as seen from the edge of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, Lebanon, July 23, 2026.

Araghchi says Netanyahu pushing US into war to avoid jail as UAE, Saudi meet amid Houthi strikes


Trump administration used private jets to deport Palestinians detained by ICE to West Bank - report

Several Palestinian men were deported from the United States on Monday using a private jet owned by Israeli-American Florida property tycoon Gil Dezer.

US President Donald Trump sits at his desk, behind a hat that reads "America is back" at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 3, 2026.

IDF demolishes home of terrorist who killed late Shalev Zevuloni in Gush Etzion junction attack

"IDF forces operated in the village of Bazariya in the Shomron Brigade to demolish the home of the terrorist Malek Ibrahim Salem," the military said.

The IDF demolished the house of the terrorists who killed Shalev Zevuloni.

Trump’s Gaza plan blocks the creation of a Palestinian state - opinion

Ratified by the UN, Trump’s Gaza peace plan leaves no pathway for the creation of a Palestinian state.

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during a meeting onboard Air Force One during its refueling stop at Al Udeid Air Base near Doha, in October.

Ireland rejects antisemitism claims, limits trade curbs to goods from Israeli settlements

"It's an extremely limited measure, which would prohibit imports of goods from illegally-occupied territories," said Ireland's Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence Thomas Byrne.

People hold a banner with images of Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence Simon Harris and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland, May 17, 2025.

Peace Now CEO demands dismissal of Central Command Chief Avi Bluth over West Bank settlement policy

Bluth failed in his duty and "in practice turned the IDF into an aid force for the establishment of illegal Jewish terror outposts" in the West Bank, Peace Now CEO Lior Amihai argued.

IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth (C) meets with Israel Police officers, local leaders in the West Bank; illustrative.

Tackling West Bank terror: IDF arrests more than 40 suspects, seizes weapons in a week of raids

Personnel from the IDF, Israel Police and Shin Bet confiscated tens of thousands of shekels to be used in terror funding, dozens of weapons, and arrested scores of suspects.

Weapons confiscated in IDF raids on the West Bank over the past week.

IDF launches manhunt for Jewish settler extremists amid rampant West Bank riots

The manhunt developed as a somewhat unusual event, given that lately the IDF only arrived at the scene of Jewish violence toward Palestinians in order to end and disrupt that violence.

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

WATCH: Settler extremists riot in Palestinian West Bank village, set fire to homes and cars

Israeli forces were dispatched to the scene of the riot, carried out in response to an earlier demolition of an illegal settlement outpost in the Judean hills.

Israeli settlers riot at a Palestinian village in the West Bank, setting fire to cars and homes, on November 17, 2025

Knesset advances first reading for tax benefits bills for Ashkelon, southern Israel, West Bank

The bills will now be brought to the Knesset’s committees for further discussion before being brought back to the plenum, where they will need to pass a second and third reading to become law.

View of buildings and houses in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, August 27, 2024.

'A clear violation of int’l law': Hamas decries Israeli bill proposing West Bank annexation

The statement calls the bill "to annex the West Bank and impose sovereignty over the so-called Ma'ale Adumim settlement" a "flagrant violation of all relevant international laws and resolutions."

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.