West Bank Violence

IDF diverts forces from Lebanon invasion to W. Bank to control Jewish violence against Palestinians

This is the first time that in the middle of a critical invasion - in this case against Hezbollah in Lebanon - IDF soldiers were diverted to what is viewed as a less dangerous front.

Palestinians stand at the scene where vehicles and homes were set on fire following an attack by extremist Jewish settlers on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 22, 2026.
ISRAELI SOLDIERS stand near a vehicle, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers, in Hebron in the West Bank, March 19, 2026.

Israelis commit dozens of attacks against West Bank villages, burn buildings, vehicles

An Israeli settler rides a donkey near an Israeli vehicle, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 29, 2025.

IDF chief Zamir, Ben-Gvir clash over rising settler violence in West Bank

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir visits Central Command soldiers on March 17, 2026.

Zamir warns West Bank settler violence is harming Israel’s security during wartime


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

IDF says 'red line' crossed in West Bank riots after soldiers beaten, Palestinian buildings burned

“The IDF will not tolerate the behavior of a criminal minority that stains a law-abiding public," IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said in a statement.

Palestinians inspect the damage following an attack by Israeli settlers west of Nablus in the West Bank, on November 12, 2025