West Bank Violence

Neria Leiter, son of Israeli envoy to US, discharged from hospital, transferred to rehab center

Neria Leiter was seriously wounded during a car-ramming terrorist attack at the Bell checkpoint on Route 443 in September.

Neria Leiter.
Settlers near Kusra blocking a road with rocks.

WATCH: Six injured after extremist Israeli settlers attack peace activist rabbis in West Bank

Palestinians inspect the charred remains of two vehicles reportedly set on fire by extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, November 5, 2026.

West Bank Arabs set Israeli vehicle on fire after Jewish rioters torch Palestinian cars - report

Israeli security forces raid the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank, September 4, 2026; Illustrative.

Three arrested in West Bank after clash between Israelis, Palestinians as olive harvest continues


Israel’s next government must save the country before it is too late - opinion

Israel faces a historic crisis, and its next government must act urgently to restore democracy, rebuild alliances, reform society and secure the country’s future.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 17, 2026

Netanyahu meets with senior security officials to discuss West Bank violence, Israeli settlement

The West Bank has been the site of several violent outbreaks in recent weeks at several flashpoints, including Kusra and Gilad Farm near Nablus, as well as Yatta and Sa'ir near Hebron. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes part in a situational assessment in the West Bank on August 24, 2026.

Defense officials say IDF soldiers left without support in West Bank while world watches - report

The officials said that global attention to the West Bank causes diplomatic damage to Israel, and that without enforcement by the police and other state authorities, the incidents wear soldiers down.

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.

Jewish violence in the West Bank is terrorism - and Israel must admit it - opinion

But there is another simpler word for what is happening in parts of the West Bank, and we should not be afraid to use it. On the contrary, we have an obligation to use it. It is “terrorism.”

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.

At least one Palestinian killed following clashes with Jewish West Bank settler group

The settler group had not received approval from IDF forces prior to entering the West Bank, the military said.

A fire in a West Bank village, allegedly started by settlers, August 21, 2026.

Terrorist killed by IDF for attempted stabbing found to be father of 2022 Tel Aviv shooter

The terrorist was Fathi Khazem, father of Raad Khazem, a terrorist who had committed a mass shooting attack in Tel Aviv in April, 2022.

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.

Barrot condemns Kusra violence, warns France could impose more sanctions on settlement

This comes after France announced in May that it was banning Ben-Gvir from French territory.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

Katz's plan to shift West Bank settler cases to police not coordinated with IDF, may be blocked

Katz did not clear the issue with a number of top relevant IDF authorities before making the announcement, to the extent that until a meeting on Monday.

Israeli forces conduct a military operation in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the West Bank, August 12, 2026.

Israeli settler extremist confronts Palestinian-American at his besieged West Bank home

"Here's an American citizen being attacked in the West Bank by an American tax-funded army, American weapons used to attack Palestinian Americans in the West Bank," one resident told Reuters.

Loui Ridi, a Palestinian-American whose house has been besieged by settlers for over a week, films his property as Israeli soldiers walk on the road behind him, in Kusra, West Bank, August 18, 2026.

Transfer of West Bank authority to police a 'step toward Israeli annexation,' Ben-Gvir declares

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the military will present a plan for the transfer within the next two weeks, amid the ongoing violent clashes in Kusra.

Israeli army soldiers stand near a Palestinian house which was besieged by Israeli settlers in Kusra village in the West Bank August 13, 2026.