Category: West Bank

Israeli occupation forces abducted six Palestinians at dawn on Tuesday during a series of invasions targeting Ras Khamis, Shu’fat refugee camp, and Kafr Aqab in occupied Jerusalem, in the West…

Israeli occupation forces continued large‑scale bulldozing of Palestinian‑owned land in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, on Monday, marking the…

Israeli occupation forces carried out coordinated invasions, land‑clearing operations, and other violations across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, on Monday evening, targeting various Palestinian communities. Salfit,…

Israeli forces carried out widespread invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, and demolitions across the occupied West Bank early Monday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Ramallah in the central West Bank, Nablus…

Four Palestinians were shot, and fifteen others suffered tear‑gas inhalation on Sunday during an ongoing Israeli military invasion of the Old City of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank,…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers conducted multiple attacks on Palestinian shepherds and Bedouin communities across the occupied West Bank on Sunday. Local activist Osama Makhamra said a group of colonizers assaulted…

Israeli occupation forces bulldozed agricultural land in the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, on Sunday, as part of an ongoing campaign of…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions, home incursions, abductions, and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Ramallah in the central West…

Israeli forces shot two young men on Sunday night in Ath-Thahiriya town, southwest of Hebron, and wounded others earlier during their suppression of a peaceful anti-colonization protest in the same…

The Jerusalem Governorate said on Sunday that Israel’s “Planning and Construction Committee” in occupied Jerusalem is preparing to advance two major colonial construction plans that would significantly alter the landscape…

Updated: Israeli occupation forces carried out extensive invasions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Sunday, breaking into homes, abducting dozens of Palestinians, wounding at least three, and…

A Palestinian man died on Sunday morning from serious wounds sustained after Israeli occupation forces shot him the previous night in the city of Hebron in the southern occupied West…

The United Nations says violence by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers has become a defining feature of life across the occupied West Bank, reshaping daily routines, uprooting entire communities and deepening…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, targeting communities in the northern Jordan Valley, Bethlehem, Hebron in…

On Saturday, illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted a young man and stole his vehicle near Salfit and stole livestock and a vehicle near Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank. In…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank between Thursday night and early Friday morning, torching vehicles, burning a classroom inside a…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank, injuring several Palestinians—including children—and abducting multiple residents in Ramallah and other parts of the occupied territory.…

Israeli occupation forces have seized 140 additional dunams of land from the village of Fandaqumiya, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, expanding a previous military order…

Israeli occupation forces demolished an agricultural room, tore down a retaining wall, and bulldozed farmland on Thursday in the village of Birin, in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron,…

Israeli occupation forces demolished two Palestinian homes on Thursday in the Upper Ta’awun area of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. The demolition was carried out after military…

An elderly Palestinian was among several people injured on Thursday afternoon when illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked the Al‑Junaidi agricultural nursery and the surrounding area near Deir Sharaf, northwest of…

At dawn on Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians in Jenin and Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, five others in Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the territory,…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday evening, storming the towns of Sanur and Meithalun south of Jenin, the city of Qalqilia in…

Israeli occupation authorities have seized 694 dunams of Palestinian land belonging to the towns of Kafr Thulth in Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part, in addition to Deir…

Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian man on Wednesday evening after he was injured during an assault carried out by armed illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers in the town of as‑Samu’,…

On Wednesday, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian homes, a factory, and agricultural facilities in the Jerusalem and Nablus governorates, while a citizen was coerced to demolish his apartment in the…

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian teen on Wednesday after storming the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Media sources reported that occupation forces invaded the…

Illegal Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian citizens, including an elderly man on Wednesday, in the area between the villages of Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah in the central West…

Israeli forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, injuring seven Palestinians in the northeastern West Bank town of Aqqaba near Tubas and conducting…

Two Palestinians were injured on Tuesday when illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers opened fire on residents of Rashaida village, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, before Israeli soldiers later…

Israeli forces shot five Palestinian students and injured others, on Tuesday morning, after storming the Birzeit University campus, north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent…

Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank in December 2025 – The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) In December 2025, the Israeli Occupying…

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate announced on Monday its annual report on media freedoms in Palestine, confirming that 2025 was the deadliest year ever recorded for Palestinian journalists, amid systematic and…

The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission reported that Israeli occupation authorities seized an additional 47 dunams of Palestinian land on Monday from Al‑Fandaqumiya and Silat ath‑Thaher in Jenin, and Burqa…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of attacks, land seizures, home takeovers, and agricultural destruction across the occupied West Bank on Monday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Salfit…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, across the occupied West Bank on Monday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Ramallah in the central West Bank,…

Israeli forces, in four separate incidents, shot 6 Palestinians, including children in the occupied West Bank governorates of Jerusalem, Jenin, and Qalqilia.

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, abductions, and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting communities in Salfit in the central West Bank, Qalqilia…

Israeli forces abducted an entire Palestinian family on Saturday evening after invading the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Local sources reported that soldiers broke…

Israeli forces conducted a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, storming towns, villages, and a refugee camp, breaking into homes, firing live rounds and gas bombs,…

Israeli forces shot two Palestinian young men on Saturday while they were near the Apartheid wall in Ar-Ram town north of occupied Jerusalem. Media sources reported that occupation forces shot…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian residents on Saturday in the al‑Hamma area of the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank. Witnesses reported that a group of colonizers…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on Israeli authorities to withdraw a new draft law that would impose the death penalty on Palestinian detainees under…

On Saturday, illegal Israeli colonizers shot a Palestinian child near Bethlehem and attacked citizens and their properties in several areas of the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that an…

On Friday evening Israeli forces shot a Palestinian young man in Ath-Thahiriya town, invaded the Al-Arroub refugee camp, and detained dozens of citizens in the town of Beit Awa, in…

Israeli soldiers abducted six Palestinian citizens on Friday, after storming the West Bank governorates of Hebron, Ramallah, and Jericho. On Friday morning, occupation forces abducted three Palestinian young men after…

Nineteen Israeli human rights organizations have condemned the government of Benjamin Netanyahu for canceling the registration of 37 international humanitarian organizations operating in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to…

On Thursday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers demolished two agricultural structures and stole their contents in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, while another group chased Palestinian residents and attempted to assault…

Israeli occupation forces conducted a new wave of destruction across the West Bank on Thursday, demolishing two homes and issuing a third demolition notice east of Jericho while simultaneously invading…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said on Thursday that Israeli forces carried out a large‑scale campaign of abductions and field interrogations from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning, seizing at least…

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate said on Thursday that the Israeli military and government continued throughout 2025 a systematic policy of targeting Palestinian journalists through arbitrary abductions, administrative detention, physical assaults,…

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian young man and wounded another on Thursday morning after opening fire towards their vehicle near the village of Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus in the…

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation authorities informed 37 international aid organizations that beginning January 1, 2026, they will be prohibited from operating in the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank and…

Tulkarem Governor Abdullah Kamil said Israel’s move to demolish twenty‑five residential buildings inside the Nur Shams refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern region, is part of the ongoing…

On Wednesday Israeli forces commenced the demolition of 25 residential buildings in the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank. He…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions, home break‑ins, and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, while illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated attacks on Palestinian communities, vehicles, and…

On Wednesday, Israeli forces shot a Palestinian teenager and abducted him in the town of Silwad, near Ramallah, in addition to shooting a young man and a school-aged child in…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers plowed Palestinian-owned land on Wednesday morning in the Bedouin village of Shallal al‑Auja, north of Jericho in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, in…

A joint human rights report released on Tuesday by the Commission of Detainees and Ex‑Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, and Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association revealed that…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a wide series of invasions across the occupied West Bank at dawn on Wednesday, breaking into homes, abducting residents, and firing live ammunition in several…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers carried out a series of violations across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, invading towns, destroying agricultural land, assaulting civilians, and targeting vulnerable…

The Israeli Knesset has approved legislation ordering the immediate cutoff of electricity and water to offices and properties used by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

Israeli forces killed a young Palestinian man and wounded two others on Tuesday evening, after opening heavy fire towards their vehicle between the villages of Urif and Einabus, south of…

Four Palestinians were injured on Tuesday evening after Israeli occupation forces opened fire at a car near the town of Urif, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern…

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening invaded the village of Aboud, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah in the territory’s central region, where a Palestinian home caught…

Rulings threaten dozens of Palestinian families in Baten al‑Hawa, in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, as the Ateret Cohanim colonialist organization pushes for expanded colonial…

Injuries, home invasions, and abductions carried out by Israeli occupation forces across Qalqilia, Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, and occupied Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces injured a young…

A child and an elderly man were injured on Monday evening after illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers violently assaulted them in the Khalayel al‑Louz area, east of Bethlehem in the occupied…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked the Bedouin community of Khallet ad‑Sidra on Monday evening near the town of Mikhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and cut trees. The Jerusalem Governorate reported…

A Palestinian citizen was injured on Sunday evening after an Israeli military vehicle crashed into his car in the city of Tulkarem. Local sources reported that an Israeli military vehicle…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, at dawn on Sunday and set fire to a Palestinian vehicle in…

On Sunday evening, Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked the Bedouin community of Khallet as‑Sidra, near the town of Mikhmas northeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, vandalizing residents’ property.…

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has reported a series of alarming medical cases among prisoners held in Israel’s Ofer and Megiddo facilities, warning that systemic neglect continues…

On Sunday, Israeli violations of international law continued throughout the West Bank, including military invasions, paramilitary colonizer attacks, forced removal of Palestinians from their homes, and abductions of Palestinian civilians.…

Israeli occupation soldiers sealed the family home of wounded detainee Ahmad Abu al‑Rob in the town of Qabatia, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Israeli units…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, carrying out invasions, abductions, home break‑ins, road closures, and assaults on Palestinian…

Israeli military units have imposed a full closure on the town of Qabatia, south of Jenin, conducting mass field interrogations and abductions, converting homes and a school into military posts,…

More than 700 relatives killed in Gaza as the Freedoms Committee warns of collective punishment and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, a report by the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate reveals.…

Monitoring and documentation compiled by the Freedoms Committee of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, covering the period from 7 October 2023 through the end of 2025, reveal a systematic and escalating…

Israeli authorities say two Israelis were killed and six others injured on Friday in what they described as “a combined ramming and stabbing attack” in the Bisan area in the…

Several Palestinians suffered from severe tear‑gas inhalation, Friday, after Israeli occupation forces invaded the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, triggering protests across multiple…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, across the Hebron district, abducting an elderly man, a woman, and four children from the towns of Yatta and Beit Ummar.…

On Thursday, Israeli forces demolished a home and a playground, while colonizers razed land and burned a bulldozer in the Bethlehem and Ramallah governorates of the occupied West Bank. Occupation…

IsraelPalestineNews – If Americans Knew: Instead of our usual news round-up, If Americans Knew today offers excerpts from a new document approved at an international conference in Bethlehem on November…

Israeli occupation soldiers shot and wounded a 17‑year‑old Palestinian boy in the Jerusalem governorate on Thursday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) confirmed. The PRCS said its teams received the…

On Thursday, Israeli forces shot a 17-year old child near Nablus in the northern West Bank, and a young man in Ar-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem. An infant was…

The Israeli army acknowledged on Thursday evening that a reserve soldier was responsible for shooting Palestinians and ramming another man who was praying along a roadside in the Palestinian village…

Israeli occupation forces uprooted dozens of olive trees on Thursday in the northwestern area of Deir Ballut, west of Salfit in the central occupied West Bank. Local sources said Israeli…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, breaking into homes, abducting residents, assaulting civilians, and bulldozing Palestinian-owned land in several governorates. The violations…

Fourteen countries — including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan — condemned on Wednesday Israel’s recent decision to authorize new illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, urging…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to…

Israeli occupation forces carried out extensive invasions, violations, property seizures, demolitions, and abductions across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday. The invasions targeted towns, refugee camps, and…

Christmas celebrations returned to the streets of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, for the first time in two years, as a traditional procession made its…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of demolitions on Wednesday across occupied Jerusalem, Hebron in the southern West Bank, and Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, targeting residential homes,…

The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex‑Detainees Affairs reported that Palestinians held in Ofer Prison and the Negev (Naqab) Prison are enduring extremely harsh humanitarian conditions, following a recent visit…

Israeli occupation forces began the demolition the home of the father of Malek Ismael in the town of Bizzariya, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, earlier…

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported on Tuesday that 24 Palestinians were injured, and many were abducted, during the Israeli military invasion of Qalandia refugee camp and the nearby…

On Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Qalandia refugee camp and the nearby town of Kafr Aqab, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, after several hours of continuous…