West Bank

Left-wing activists hospitalized following settler attack in West Bank village

The victims were taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva to be treated for head injuries.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Israeli soldiers disperse Palestinian farmers and left-wing activists preventing them from picking olives during the annual harvest season, in the village of Qusra, in the West Bank, October 29, 2024.
Israeli soldiers in a tunnel where, according to Israel's military, Hamas militants held the body of Israeli officer Hadar Goldin, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

IDF soldiers find, demolish approx. five kilometers of tunnels in southern Gaza

The tunnels crossed into IDF-controlled areas east of the yellow line, with the IDF attacking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon later on Thursday.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate during an Israeli raid in Tammun near Tubas in the West Bank, November 4, 2025

IDF captures terrorists in West Bank operations, Police detain 30 illegal immigrants in Tel Aviv

The IDF operation included an attack on two apartments in the camp where terrorists were hiding.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Aid donated by the UAE for the people of Gaza is stored in a warehouse at the port of Limassol, Cyprus November 7, 2025.

Palestinian firm to build UAE-funded Gazan housing compound in Israeli-controlled Rafah

The project, dubbed by some as "Emirates City," will be constructed by Gaza-based Masoud & Ali Contracting Co, a firm already well-established in Gaza and the West Bank.

|ByREUTERS

Weapons smuggling via drones poses a threatening new reality for Israel - analysis

The drone smuggling threat is growing, as the last attempts occured on the Egyptian and now apparently also the Jordanian border.

JANUARY 22, 2026BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
View of a new security drone in Efrat, in the West Bank

Some 25 Israelis indicted for spying for Iran in 2025, Shin Bet reveals

In a separate arena, the Shin Bet reported that 130 Israeli-Arabs were indicted for terror-related offenses, while 219 were arrested.

JANUARY 22, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The silhouette of a man, seen over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)

Canadian Jews support war in Gaza, condemn settlement expansion, Diaspora survey finds

The 2025 Survey of Canadian Jews found that a majority of Canadian Jews (53%) oppose settlement expansion in the West Bank and Gaza.

JANUARY 22, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An employee adjusts the Canadian flag next to the Israeli one, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, October 31, 2018

Israeli far Right TikToker harasses, pepper sprays activists, invades West Bank home

Star pushed his way into the activist house in Ras al-Auja, ignoring activists' calls that he was trespassing on private property and demanding that he leave.

JANUARY 22, 2026ByTZVI JASPER
ISRAELI FAR-RIGHT TikToker Roy Star harasses left-wing activist, January 20, 2026.

Israel demolishes UNRWA's Jerusalem HQ, but fails to explain why it had to go - comment

Without context, the move to demolish UNRWA’s east Jerusalem headquarters looks like just another incident of Israeli hard-heartedness - an attack on a UN body that wants only to help.

JANUARY 20, 2026ByHERB KEINON
A sign that reads "Entering the area is prohibited!" is hung on fencing at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Zubin Mehta cancels all Israeli shows, cites Netanyahu's 'treatment of Palestinians'

Zubin Mehta, an Indian conductor who was IPO musical director for 50 years, condemns Netanyahu's policies on Palestine and urges the arts community to speak out.

JANUARY 20, 2026ByJAMES GENN
Conductor Zubin Mehta attends the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Duet Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; illustrative.

IDF admits failure to sufficiently reduce Jewish violence against West Bank Palestinians

New electronic bracelets have been so far ineffective

JANUARY 19, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An attorney has urged the Shin Bet to act after three Jewish hilltop youth allegedly attacked a pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa, warning that settler violence is being shifted from the West Bank into Israel’s cities.

IDF: West Bank terror attacks and Israeli deaths dropped sharply in 2025

According to the IDF, there were 847 Palestinian terror attacks in 2023, leading to 35 killed Israelis, in comparison to 504 attacks in 2024, which resulted in 41 killed Israelis.

JANUARY 19, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli security forces and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at the Gush Etzion Junction, West Bank, November 18, 2025.

IDF: Hamas curbs in Gaza could drive terror surge in West Bank in 2026

Military also concerned about terror groups' attacks coming across Jordan border

JANUARY 19, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
‘INDOCTRINATION ISN’T a moment. It’s a whole ecosystem.’ Palestinian boys, carrying Hamas flags with one wearing fake dynamite to symbolize a suicide bomber, march during a Hamas rally in Bethlehem, 2001.

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.

JANUARY 19, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
The Ibrahimi mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 3, 2024.