Hebron

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.

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.
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

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.

IDF launches large-scale counterterrorism operation in Hebron area

 Israel Police, Border Police, and IDF reinforce security in Hebron amid Passover pilgrimages to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, April 2025.

IDF arrests three in West Bank for impersonating IDF soldiers, robbing stores


PIJ terrorist wounds several in ramming attack near Hebron, in West Bank

IDF troops are currently blocking routes, encircling the area of Hebron, and searching for the terrorist.

 Israeli soldiers patrol in the West Bank city of Hebron on October 22, 2024

Two shooting attack attempts target security forces in West Bank amid rising tensions

In the two attempts nobody was wounded, however earlier, nine people were wounded near Ariel when an armed terrorist opened fire on a bus.

 Israeli soldiers guard while left wing activists and Palestinians protest calling to end the war in Gaza, Beit Jala, north of Bethlehem. on November 29, 2024.

Netanyahu condemns settler violence on IDF in West Bank

On Saturday, dozens of settlers, some of them masked, hurled stones at Israeli troops and border police near the West Bank settlement of Itamar.

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum, during a discussion on the subject of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 18, 2024.

Five right-wing settlers arrested after attempted attack on IDF Central Command chief in Hebron

Five settlers were arrested, and the IDF condemned the incident that saw the settlers block military activities and harass the Central Command chief.

 Jewish settlers seen while Palestinian farmers pick olives during the annual harvest season, in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, West Bank, October 20, 2024

Police indict three Palestinians for allegedly planning to assassinate Itamar Ben-Gvir

The main suspect contacted Hamas and Hezbollah for funding and support while gathering intelligence on the travel routes and security details of the minister and his son/

 Otzma Yehudit party head Itamar Ben Gvir holds a faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on November 18, 2024.

US should reverse policy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank - opinion

It has always baffled Israelis why Americans consider Israeli building an impediment to peace when Palestinian terrorism is an obviously larger obstacle to peace.

Israeli soldiers inspect the Shavei Shomron checkpoint, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, November 12, 2024

'Ghosts of a Holy War': How the Israel-Hamas War is rooted in the 1929 Hebron massacre - review

“The forces that drove Arabs in Hebron to slaughter their Jewish neighbors in 1929,” she writes, “were identical to the forces behind October 7.”

 GRAND MUFTI of Jerusalem and Supreme Islamic Council chairman Amin Al-Husseini teaches a Bosnian SS volunteer to use a rifle in 1943.

Terror suspect involved in Hebron-area car bombing arrested in Halhoul hospital

Yamam and Shin Bet fighters arrested a wanted man, a resident of Halhoul near Hebron, who was involved in a car bomb explosion about a month ago. The wanted man was injured during the explosion.

Forces at the scene of a gas station car bomb explosion in Gush Etzion.

IDF investigating if overnight attacks in Gush Etzion were carried out by foreign parties

Security forces are investigating the possibility of a third vehicle. 

Forces at the scene of a gas station car bomb explosion in Gush Etzion.

This week in Jewish history: Polio vaccine, Hebron massacre, Zionists

A highly abridged version of the daily Dust & Stars.

Synagogue desecrated in Hebron