Hebron

IDF to conduct drill in Kiryat Shmona, concludes Hebron operation

The drill will be held both within the nearby Gibor military base the city itself. Residents are warned that there will be increased military vehicle present on the roads, as well as pyrotechnics.

|ByTZVI JASPER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir speaking with two IDF tanks in the background, May 2025; illustrative.
Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Eyal Zamir conducts a situation assessment as part of an operation in the Hebron region

IDF carries out anti-terrorism operation in Hebron, seizes illegal weapons, arrests wanted suspects

The operation "is part of a series of proactive operations to thwart terrorism in Judea and Samaria and to strengthen the defense of the settlements," IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
IDF troops operate in the Hebron, in the West Bank to destroy the home of Imran al-Atrash, one of the terrorists responsible for the November 18, 2025, ramming and stabbing attack that resulted in the death of 70-year-old Kiryat Arba resident Aharon Cohen. January 15, 2026.

Hebron residents blame family feuds for IDF counterterrorism operation

Dozens have been injured in fighting between Palestinian families, specifically in the Jabal Johar neighborhood and surrounding areas in southern Hebron over the past several months.

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
The Ibrahimi mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 3, 2024.

Israel barred Islamic officials from entering Ibrahimi Mosque, Palestinians claim

Palestinian officials say two mosque figures were barred from the Ibrahimi Mosque for 15 days amid ongoing tensions in Hebron.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Palestinian factions fear Israeli assassinations after security cabinet meeting

Palestinian factions evacuated positions and implemented "unprecedented" security measures after threats by Israeli officials.

AUGUST 23, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
A Palestinian fighter of the Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip. May 18, 2022.

Large anti-reform protest to be held at Ben-Gvir’s Kiryat Arba home

Maridim, which organizes weekly protests outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence has organized the rally and has arranged for buses to go to Itamar Ben-Gvir's home.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Anti judicial reform activists protest against the judicial overhaul and and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the opening ceremony of the light rail, in Petah Tikva, August 17, 2023

WATCH: IDF arrests Hebron terrorists who murdered Israeli mother

Batsheva Nigri, 42, was shot to death in front of her 12-year-old daughter on Monday morning near Hebron.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF troops operating across the West Bank on August 22, 2023

Terrorism in the Hebron area: What's the significance? - analysis

Terrorism has not been laid to rest in the West Bank, following continued violent attacks.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli security forces secure the scene of a shooting attack in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, August 19, 2023.

Israel's security cabinet meeting set for Tuesday after terror attacks

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to convene the Security Cabinet as soon as possible after the second terror attack within a week.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a security cabinet meeting on April 6, 2023

Israeli MK 'demands revenge' after Hebron terror attack

Israeli ministers and MKs quickly dole out blame and call for retaliation after a shooting attack near Hebron leaves a woman dead and a man injured.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer is seen at a Knesset committee meeting, on February 27, 2023.

Hebron terror attack: Israeli mother shot dead in front of daughter

Preschool teacher Batsheva Nigri was murdered. A second Israeli remains in serious condition.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS, YONAH JEREMY BOB, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Batsheva Nigri, the woman who was killed in a terror attack near Hebron on August 21, 2023.

As Pittsburgh shooter stood trial, congregation members found parallels with Palestinians

Despite the distance, Dor Hadash Rabbi Amy Bardack saw a thematic parallel between the trial and his time in the West Bank.

JUNE 28, 2023ByJTA/ELIYAHU FREEDMAN
A CROWD attends a vigil outside the Tree of Life synagogue, marking one week after the deadly shooting there, in Pittsburgh, in 2018.

There’s no such thing as ‘the’ settlements - opinion

Most new and renewed Jewish communities are neither “illegal” nor “colonial,” considering the Jewish connection to the land.

JUNE 28, 2023ByGIL TROY
Border police officers (left) guard outside the Cave of the Patriarchs. Hebron’s Jewish roots stretch back to the Bible.

Jewish woman killed by IDF had struggled with mental health since childhood

Sapir Livnat Green disguised herself as a terrorist in order to end her own life one year after losing her best friend, Tikva Saban to suicide.

MAY 10, 2023BySHIRA SILKOFF
Sapir Livnat Green, who was killed by IDF soldiers on May 9, 2023 after disguising herself as a terrorist in order to end her own life.