Jordan Valley

Israeli gov't gives Jordan Valley farmers drones, rangers to deter 'Palestinian terror state'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock both attended the ceremony at which the equipment was presented to support farms and outposts in the West Bank.

Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich, Israel Ganz, Head of Binyamin Regional Council and Orit Strock, National Mission Minister at a faction meeting in the Jewish settlement of Givat Harel, in the West Bank, February 14, 2023.
ISRAELI SECURITY forces raid a building in the town of Tammun, in the northern Jordan Valley, in the West Bank, May 9, 2025.

IDF soldiers, equipment, used without authorization for private company VIP customer tour - report

A Palestinian family leaves their farmin the Tana area near Beit Furik, east of Nablus in Judea and Samaria, May 15, 2026.

State says Bedouin Palestinians may return to Jordan Valley but rejects extra security

IDF forces during the “Sulfur and Fire” readiness exercise along Israel’s eastern border and the Dead Sea area on May 15, 2026.

IDF tests Jordan Valley readiness in Dead Sea surprise attack drill - analysis


My Word: Affronts and full-frontal assaults

“When so many brothers and sisters are being murdered, we must learn again how to be brothers and sisters.”

 RELATIVES AND friends gather outside the Dee family home in Efrat ahead of the funerals of Maia and Rina. The placard reads: ‘One people with one heart.’

Justifications of Dee sisters', mother's murder contrary to int'l law - analysis

Some people have justified the terror attack in which the Dees were murdered by saying that their residence in disputed territory rids them of civilian status.

 Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee who were murdered in the Jordan Valley terror attack.

Sisters Rina and Maia Dee killed in Jordan Valley terror attack

Mother of Israeli sisters still in critical condition • Defense minister bolsters Israel Police with military forces

 (L-R) Maia and Rina Dee, murdered in a terror shooting in the Jordan Valley on April 7, 2023

US strongly condemns terror attacks in Tel Aviv, Jordan Valley

The US State Departement condemned the two terror attacks on Friday, in which three people were killed and many other wounded, including tourists.

The aftermath of a terror ramming in the Tel Aviv promenade area, April 7, 2023.

Coalition MK's spokesman quits due to Israeli government's response to terror

The spokesperson for Limor Son Har-Melech quit while sharply criticizing the government's conduct in security and in combatting terrorism.

 MK Limor Son Har Melech discussion in the Israeli parliament on the TV-show "Shtula" (Double agent), airing on Israeli TV,  November 21, 2022.

West Bank settler leader: Israel must apply sovereignty to Jordan Valley

Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley would be a "determined Zionist response" to terrorism, Dagan said on Friday afternoon.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan at Sa-Nur, April 15, 2021.

Terror shooting in Jordan Valley: Two Israelis murdered, one wounded

IDF soldiers are searching the area for the suspected terrorists • Police chief calls for licensed civilians to carry firearms

Israeli troops stand guard at a shooting attack scene, in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank April 7, 2023

Israeli sovereignty in Jordan Valley bill rejected by the Right

While most of the coalition intends to vote against it, Noam Party MK Maoz is set to vote in favor and Otzma Yehudit MK Son Har-Melech will abstain.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an old army outpost overlooking the Jordan Valley last June.

Elan Ganeles identified as US citizen murdered in terror attack near Jericho

The IDF confirmed that two interconnected terror attacks were carried out near the Beit HaAravah Junction late Monday.

 Israeli security forces guard at the scene of a shooting attack in Bet Ha'Arava Junction, in the Jordan Valley, February 27, 2023

Soldier, civilian seriously injured in shooting attack on a bus in Jordan Valley

Two suspects, including one with an Israeli ID was arrested nearby after their truck caught fire.

 A bus after a shooting attack at the Jordan Valley