UN chief: Israeli settlement plan in the West Bank violates international law

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly opposed Israel's plans to construct thousands of new settler units that would effectively split the occupied West Bank into two disconnected parts.

Uruguay condemns worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank

Uruguay has issued a strong statement expressing deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and growing human rights violations in both Gaza and the West Bank.

Attacks on Palestinians intensifying in occupied West Bank: UN

Israeli settlers and security forces have intensified their killings, attacks and harassment of Palestinians in recent weeks in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the United Nations human rights office warns.

Israeli forces arrest Al Mayadeen bureau chief in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces arrested Nasser al-Lahham, director of Al Mayadeen’s office in occupied Palestine, on Monday, during a pre-dawn raid on his home in Beit Lahm, southern West Bank.

Israeli minister calls for seizing ‘historic opportunity’ to annex West Bank

Justice Minister Yariv Levin says the current times offer a “historic opportunity” to seize the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported.

Israel has killed 1,000 Palestinians in occupied West Bank since October 2023

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has escalated its violence in the occupied West Bank, killing at least 1,000 Palestinians.

Forces assault 63-year-old farmer in West Bank

Israeli forces have stormed the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and assaulted an elderly farmer, according to the Wafa news agency.

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Israel Katz mocks France and Europe at large

TEHRAN - Israel Katz said on Friday that Israel will build a “Jewish Israeli state” in the occupied West Bank. He made the declaration a day after the occupation regime announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the Palestinian territory.

Israel announces expansion of West Bank settlements

Israel announced on Thursday that it would establish 22 settlements in the occupied West Bank, including legalizing outposts built without authorization, DW reported.

Israeli settlers attack water supply of West Bank communities

Israeli settlers damaged water pipes supplying Palestinian families in the al-Auja waterfall area, located north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, according to a local rights organisation.

Israel fires at diplomats in Jenin, EU condemns the move

Israeli forces opened fire near a convoy of foreign diplomats at the entrance of Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, drawing widespread condemnation and calls for accountability.

Netanyahu’s messianic government’s priority is to annex West Bank, expel Gazans: Thomas Friedman

NY Times columnist says Netanyahu is not a US friend

TEHRAN - The famous New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says Benjamin Netanyahu’s “ultranationalist” and “messianic” government is not America’s ally.

Attacks against Christians on the rise in West Bank: pastor

Israeli restrictions this year have been perhaps the toughest, says Mitri Raheb, Palestinian pastor and theologian, and founder and president of Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem.

Vast majority of West Bank residents killed by Israel die in north: UN

OCHA has found that as of Thursday, more than 90 percent of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank this year were in the six northern governorates of Jenin, Tubas, Nablus, Tulkarem, Qalqilya, and Salfit.

‘Longest and most destructive’ operation in West Bank since second Intifada: UNRWA chief

Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has condemned Israel’s military operation in the occupied West Bank, which has significantly intensified since the Gaza ceasefire in January.

Armed shepherds: Israel’s most dangerous project in the West Bank

TEHRAN - The Israeli occupation regime misuses the silence of the international community, the Arab and Islamic world, and the absolute support of the US to take over more Palestinian lands in the West Bank, says Osman Abu Sobhe, an expert in Israeli affairs.

Over 600 Palestinian prisoners freed as first phase of Gaza deal concludes

Palestinian man described his detention as akin to the horrors of Nazism and hell

More than 600 Palestinian detainees were freed on Thursday from Israeli jails in the final batch of the first phase of the Israel-Hamas captive exchange and ceasefire deal.

UN chief voices 'grave' concern over rising violence in occupied West Bank

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday he is “gravely concerned” over the rising violence in the occupied West Bank and the human rights violations in Gaza.

NGO: Israel plans 1,000-unit expansion for West Bank settlement

Israel has issued a tender for the construction of nearly 1,000 additional settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli NGO has reported.

Israel says troops will remain in Jenin after ongoing raid 

Israel ramped up a deadly assault on the occupied West Bank shortly after launching war on Gaza in October 2023.

Israeli forces set fire to homes in besieged Jenin

Israeli troops raiding Jenin in the occupied West Bank have set homes in the area ablaze, the Wafa news agency reports.

West Bank assault: Israel attempts to mask domestic divisions

TEHRAN - Israel has launched a large-scale military operation in the West Bank amid growing pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his failed military strategy in the Gaza Strip.