West Bank

Iran threatens maritime exclusion zone against US as CENTCOM tightens blockade

Iran threatens US with Persian Gulf maritime exclusion zone • CENTCOM redirects 94 commercial vessels enforcing Iran blockade • Trump says oil prices will drop after US 'wins' Iran war

IDF reservists
Finance Minister and head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich attends RZP's primaries event ahead of the upcoming elections, in Jerusalem, July 26, 2026.

Smotrich calls for expulsion of UK ambassador after 'Post' report of planned settlement trade ban

Yishai Fleisher.

Otzma Yehudit places English-speaking public figure Yishai Fleisher at twelfth spot on Knesset list

View of Karmei Tzur settlement north of Hebron, in the West Bank, November 24, 2025.

De facto annexation in the West Bank: Israel cannot have it both ways - opinion


Cars set on fire in West Bank village, suspected nationalistic motivation to attack - report

According to N12, no arrests have been made in connection with the attack as of the writing.

A car, allegedly set on fire by settlers, in the West Bank village of Osarin, near Nablus, September 2, 2026.

Israel Police arrest eight suspected extremist vandals after graffiti sprayed on West Bank mosque

The graffiti also denounced KAN News journalists who wrote news reports, and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee who condemned West Bank extremist settler violence as "terrorism."

Israel Police officers operate against suspected extremist settler vandals who allegedly targeted a mosque near Nablus, West Bank, published September 1, 2026.

New IDF West Bank chief appointed in wider deal between Zamir, Katz

Maj.-Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa currently serves as the IDF Manpower Directorate chief. IDF chief Zamir had previously stated he would not make any senior appointments until 2027 due to elections.

Maj.-Gen. David (Dado) Bar Kalifa, Head of the Manpower Directorate attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on September 17, 2025.

British activist remains in Israeli custody over suspected minor assault during West Bank clash

Finn Joughin was detained Saturday after an encounter involving a child in Umm al-Kheir. Police said late Saturday that he was being held “on suspicion of performing an indecent act against a minor.”

Israeli leftist activists gather as Palestinian residents and solidarity volunteers stand on the roof of a house besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, West Bank, August 14, 2026

'Only a smokescreen': Hamas condemns rising settler violence, Ben-Gvir's treatment of prisoners

According to Hamas, the Israeli government’s condemnations of the attacks are "nothing more than a smokescreen” meant to ease international pressure.

Israeli settler extremists throw stones at a dirt road at the Palestinian village of Kusra, in the West Bank, in an attempt to block the movement of Palestinians and Israeli forces, August 12, 2026

Netanyahu: Extremist WB settlers face 'all kinds of hardships at home,' media exaggerates issue

The prime minister's comments to Channel 14 followed a statement on Saturday in which he condemned the violent extremist settlers after several of them barricaded themselves inside a Kusra home.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

IDF, Israel Police trade blame as West Bank settler violence ramps up: 'Where was the military?'

Settlers arrived at the Palestinian villages of Kusra and Jalud on Saturday afternoon, barricading themselves inside a Palestinian home and hurling stones at locals.

Israeli leftist activists gather as Palestinian residents and solidarity volunteers stand on the roof of a house besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, West Bank, August 14, 2026

Extremist Israeli settlers attack NBC News team interviewing Palestinian in West Bank

According to NBC, three members of its team had been interviewing 51-year-old Aida Ahmed Abdullah, who claimed that she and her family had been driven out of their home by settlers.

Settlers attack members of the NBC News team in the West Bank, August 29, 2026.

'Harming Israel's standing in the world': Netanyahu condemns settler attack on Palestinian village

The Prime Minister called out the violent event, where dozens of settler rioters gathered on the outskirts of the village of Kusra in the West Bank and were later dispersed by the IDF.

Israeli army soldiers stand near a Palestinian house which was besieged by Israeli settlers in Kusra village in the West Bank August 13, 2026.

IDF warns budget delay will force reserve, intelligence cuts beginning in September

The IDF warns that delayed defense funding will force reserve and intelligence cuts, undermine preparations for Iran, and threaten US arms contracts beginning in September.

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.