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West Bank on edge as IDF warns seam line gaps could enable Oct. 7-style terrorist raids

As the IDF fights in Gaza and Lebanon, commanders warn that breached West Bank seam line defenses, drones, and raid plans could turn the area into Israel’s next major front.

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians as they hold Friday prayers during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion and land confiscation near Bethlehem in the West Bank, July 3, 2026.
View of the Jewish settlement of Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, July 31, 2025.

Gov’t approves NIS 27 million for hotel construction in West Bank to promote tourism

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank.

Palestinian family says settlers annexed unfinished West Bank home

IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank; illustrative.

IDF destroys tunnels, kills terrorists, arrests over 60 terror suspects in North, South, West Bank


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

Under the 1997 Hebron Agreement, the Hebron Municipality oversaw planning and construction across the city, including the Tomb of the Patriarchs and the adjoining Ibrahimi Mosque.

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

IDF arrests Palestinian-American student with no charge, given poor medical attention, family says

Safi has yet to be charged with a crime, according to US officials as well as media outlets citing statements from her family. 

Sama Safi, a 20-year-old Palestinian American woman who was arrested in the West Bank on June 2, 2026.

'No law, no political program': Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah rival says reforms are a sham

A recent election in the central committee of the ruling Palestinian Authority’s Fatah party sparks accusations of corruption and authoritarianism

Former Palestinian Authority foreign minister and Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Nasser al-Qudwa, who is related to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (portrait), has been critical of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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New Karnei Shomron roof plan to add 6,000 homes, public infrastructure

Officials said the agreement could triple Karnei Shomron’s population, marking the first roof plan of its kind in the West Bank.

(left to right) Sagi Hadaril, Yehuda Eliyahu, Yonatan Kuznitz, Bezalel Smotrich, and Haim Katz. June 14, 2026.

Two Tel Aviv men arrested for brandishing weapon while filming a movie

The suspects had not coordinated with the police beforehand. They were arrested on suspicion of negligent use of a weapon without a license and illegal possession of a weapon. 

Weapon seized by police in Tel Aviv on June 14, 2026.

Hamas takes responsibility, praises reported shooting of IDF officer during West Bank op.

The incident was reported by Israeli public broadcaster KAN News on Sunday morning. According to KAN, the NCO was lightly wounded, but did not provide further details.

A Hamas terrorist pictured in the Gaza Strip, November 2, 2025; illustrative.

Palestinian shot after allegedly threatening farmer in West Bank settlement - report

According to the farm's owners, the Palestinian trespassed onto their property and attempted to attack the resident when the farmer approached him to investigate the situation. 

A shepherd leads a herd of goats near the Palestinian village of al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, January 11, 2026.

Israel's police, security forces support and enable West Bank settler violence - opinion

“Should I have just stood there and allowed the settler sheep and donkeys to steal fodder?” I asked. The expression on her face said yes.

 A Palestinian man stands next to a burnt car after an attack by Israeli settlers in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.

West Bank settlements are Israel's forward position, and its first line of defense - opinion

Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig recently captured the moral complexity of life in this land through a powerful analogy from the film A Few Good Men.

 DR. SHMUEL HARRIS (L) and Rosensweig, authors of ‘Nafshi Bish’elati: The Halachot of Mental Health.’

Ancient jars unearthed at biblical Shiloh days before annual wine festival

In the Tanach, Shiloh served as one of the ancient Israelites’ central locations of worship and housed the biblical Tabernacle.

The archaeological excavation at Ancient Shiloh, where three well-preserved storage jars dating back to the Middle Bronze Age were uncovered, June 12, 2026.