Cave of Patriarchs

IDF on high alert in Hebron as 20,000 Israelis expected for Shabbat amid terror attack fears

With 20,000 Israelis expected in Hebron for Shabbat Chayei Sarah, security forces are preparing for possible terror attacks and clashes, with drills simulating simultaneous emergencies.

Jews seen in the West Bank city of Hebron, during Shabbat Chayei Sarah celebrations, November 15, 2025. (Illustrative)
The image shows a clear glass photography sphere (or lensball) placed on a wooden bridge, refracting an inverted view of the trees and sky.

Parashat Vayera: Bridging heaven and earth

High Court Justice; illustrative.

High Court lifts freeze on NIS 78m. Religious Services funding, keeps broader freeze in place

The Ibrahimi mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 3, 2024.

Foreign Ministry denies annulment of Hebron Agreement, contradicting Smotrich's announcement


Le jour où la guerre a fait irruption à Jérusalem

Souvenirs de cette journée si particulière qui a vu le début de la guerre des Six Jours

Moshé Dayan entouré  de Narkis et de Rehavam Zeevi à l’entrée  du Tombeau des patriarches à Hébron

PARSHAT VAYECHI: for your Shabbat table

The Jerusalem Post

Stabbing attack by female Palestinian thwarted at Cave of the Patriarchs

Israeli security forces find two knives in the possession of the suspect, who planned to carry out an attack at the holy site in Hebron.

Potential stabbing by female Palestinian thwarted at Cave of the Patriarchs‏

United with Israel

In a first-ever visit to Hebron, foreign parliamentarians stand strong with the Jewish state.

Foreign parliamentarians at the Cave of the Patriarchs

Remembering the 1929 Hebron massacre

Perhaps Schissel summed it up best: “I think it’s impossible to understand the reality we face today, without knowing the history of Hebron.”

Tzipi Schissel, curator of the Hebron History museum, leads a tour of the site and discusses her personal connection to the massacre

Terrorism surge continues with Jerusalem, Hebron attacks

Police report that one officer was lightly wounded in the incident.

Knife from scene of stabbing attack at the Cave of the Patriarchs near Hebron, September 19, 2016

Female terrorist shot, killed following thwarted terror attack in Hebron

Israel Police also announced the arrest a man who allegedly assisted the perpetrator of a near fatal terror attack the previous evening in Netanya, the second of the day.

Scene of stabbing attack in Hebron

Rabbi Goren’s Hebron miracle

Hebron Liberation Day celebrates a lesser-known story of freedom of worship.

Almost singlehanded liberation: IDF chief rabbi Shlomo Goren waves the flag in Hebron

Jerusalem Day: A Perception of Time and Space

The Jerusalem Post

Hebron matriarch Menuha Rochel still inspires 128 years later

A hundred and twenty- eight years after her death, she is still an inspiration.

The Slonim family, descendants of Menuha Rochel, before the 1929 Hebron Massacre