The West Bank is a contested region in the Middle East largely under Israeli control. Also known as Judea and Samaria, the name "West Bank" specifically refers to it being along the western bank of the Jordan River.
Israel took control of the area from Jordan in 1967 following the Six Day War, but has not annexed it. While home to hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers living in different settlements, the West Bank also has a huge Palestinian population and is the bulk of what most people envision as a future Palestinian state.
The status of Israeli settlements is highly controversial and while they are defended by Israel and the US, most of the international community sees them as illegal.
Ben-Gvir was reportedly furious with Benjamin Netanyahu at the cabinet meeting over Gallant’s independence.
The Lowlands police division is currently training to thwart possible terrorist infiltrations from the Jenin district into Jewish settlements.
Palestinian sources identified the shooter as Sheikh Mahmoud Nofal, the imam of Hebron's al-Qassem Mosque.
Separately from this incident, the police have conducted multiple operations against illegal residents and those who assist them in violation of the law.
Soldiers who were operating at the checkpoint stopped the vehicle and, after searching it, found the explosive device on the side of the car door.
The Palestinian Authority, set up three decades ago under the interim peace agreement known as the Oslo Accords, exercises governance over parts of the West Bank.
Iranian Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani has lashed out at Israel, claiming that Israel is terrified of West Bank violence over Ramadan.
"[Bushnell] wanted to light a strong spark, to reignite our cause,” Mayor Abdul Karim Sidr told a small crowd gathered at the opening.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in response to the report, "This is not how a country that wants absolute victory runs.
Like so many fellow “settlers,” I didn’t move to a Jewish town in Judea and Samaria (the biblical name for the region commonly called the West Bank) for ideological reasons.