West Bank Violence

Palestinian family says settlers annexed unfinished West Bank home

A UN inquiry reported last month that settler attacks on Palestinian villages and agricultural land had surged since 2023, rising by 130%.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank.
A shepherd leads a herd of goats near the Palestinian village of al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, January 11, 2026.

Palestinian shot after allegedly threatening farmer in West Bank settlement - report

A protester holds a Palestinian flag during a protest to condemn the IDF’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, October 2, 2025

France pushes coordinated sanctions on Israel over West Bank violence

Israeli security forces guard Israeli settlers as they graze their livestock near the village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on November 9, 2025.

Israeli allegedly seen beating Palestinians, dog, in Masafer Yatta - report


Israel must confront the wider system enabling settler violence - opinion

If we want to have the peace and security we Israelis deserve, let alone live up to our Jewish values, we must make the painful effort to cease projecting the blame onto a small handful of youth.

Palestinians inspect livestock damage after settlers were said to have attacked, stealing 40 sheep in Al-Dhahiriya village, south of Hebron, this past week. We must take responsibility and put an end to it, says the writer.

IDF pursues terrorist who threw iron rod at Israeli car in West Bank, driver not physically injured

The driver was physically unharmed but Magen David Adom paramedics treated them for shock at the scene.

An iron rod embedded in the windshield of an Israeli car in the northern West Bank, November 29, 2025.

Germany, Italy, France, UK call on Israel to protect West Bank Palestinians

"We - France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom - strongly condemn the massive increase of settler violence against Palestinian civilians and call for stability in the West Bank,"

Israeli soldiers patrol the streets of Tubas in the occupied West Bank during a military operation on November 26, 2025.

Prosecutors to indict suspect who attacked woman in alleged violent racist incident in West Bank

Prosecutors move to indict a suspect in a racially motivated terror assault on an elderly woman near Turmus Aiya, seeking detention until trial ends.

 An illustrative image of an individual with handcuffs.

IDF arrests terror suspects east of Tulkarm, near Nablus in overnight operations

IDF soldiers carried out a series of arrests on Sunday night of suspected terrorists in Nablus and east of Tulkarm, West Bank.

IDF troops operating in West Bank.

Netanyahu leads meeting on West Bank riots, Katz defends axing administrative detention for Jews

IDF's Central Command chief: Conventional solutions for hilltop youth insufficient • Israel Katz: Administrative detentions only increased hatred and violence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset plenum, December 16, 2024

Defense Minister Katz finally condemns Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians

Katz's condemnation came months after a spike in such attacks, six days after a new mass attack last week, and after yet another mass attack earlier Monday.

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends the state ceremony marking 52 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on October 5, 2025.

Netanyahu condemns West Bank riots, vows action against Jewish extremists

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, several government officials, and opposition figures condemned the Jewish extremists who rioted in the West Bank on Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2025

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