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View of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya from Mount Scopus, December 15, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 6, 2019, 7:02 pm
Israel briefly detains 4 Palestinian Authority TV journalists in Jerusalem
Reporters all work for Palestine TV, whose Jerusalem offices were shut down by Israel last month
By AFP and TOI staff
Illustrative: IDF soldiers conduct raids in the West Bank city of Yatta, near Hebron, on August 3, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
October 4, 2019, 11:16 pm
Explosive detonated near West Bank IDF position, 2nd device neutralized
One suspect arrested on scene; IDF soldier lightly wounded in clashes during manhunt for further suspects
By TOI staff
Palestinian Khader Adnan is greeted after his release from an Israeli prison in the West Bank village of Arrabeh near Jenin, July 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed/File)
February 25, 2019, 10:05 am
Israeli forces arrest 2 senior Islamic Jihad members in West Bank
Shin Bet says terrorist leaders detained for activities within the Iran-backed group, following its threats of missile attacks from Gaza
By Judah Ari Gross and Michael Bachner
Beit Ummar (Public Domain, Palobserver, Wikimedia Commons)
October 21, 2017, 1:24 am
IDF soldier mistakenly enters Palestinian town, returned by PA police
Troop was on a run, not in uniform when he strayed into West Bank town of Beit Ummar
By TOI staff
Israeli police at the scene of a terror attack in Jerusalem Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. A Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers, killing four and wounding 16 others (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 17, 2017, 7:33 pm
Terrorism makes January Israel’s bloodiest month since June
Five Israelis were killed and 16 hurt in 100 incidents, according to Shin Bet, including truck-ramming attack that claimed four lives
By JTA
The IDF removes a lathe from an illegal weapons workshop in the West Bank town of Hebron, January 12, 2017. (IDF spokesperson)
January 12, 2017, 1:45 pm
IDF shuts down large illegal weapons shop in West Bank
Security forces raid workshop in the city of Hebron, seize lathes in ongoing crackdown
By Stuart Winer
Palestinian protesters throw rocks and fireworks at an Israeli guard tower on July 25, 2014, in the Beit Ummar village, north of the West Bank city of Hebron (Photo credit: Hazem Bader/AFP)
November 17, 2016, 8:32 pm
Settlers urge army to return body of Palestinian teen
15-year-old was shot and killed last month in clashes with IDF, but petitioners say he was not involved
By AFP
Illustrative: IDF soldiers stand with their weapons during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
October 25, 2016, 8:40 pm
Report: IDF finds troops’ lives were not at risk in killing of Palestinian teen
Proper conduct could have prevented two deaths, multiple injuries in past two weeks, according to internal army memo published by Israel Radio
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Illustrative photo of IDF soldiers in the West Bank on September 19, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
September 19, 2016, 5:20 pm
IDF raids Palestinian publisher, seizes ‘inciting material’
In overnight raids across West Bank, security forces arrest 10 terror suspects, uncover guns, cash and pipe bomb
By Tamar Pileggi
IDF soldiers serve a home demolition notice at the residence of Muhammad Tarayrah, the Palestinian terrorist who murdered 13-year-old Hallel Yaffa Ariel. (IDF Spokesperson)
July 5, 2016, 11:58 am
IDF moves to demolish home of teen girl’s killer
Security forces seize 3 weapons in Bethlehem region, arrest 7 Palestinian suspects
By Stuart Winer
Palestinians walk toward the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, June 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
June 26, 2016, 9:40 am
In the PA, Ramadan festivities come with an undercurrent of concern
The relative quiet in the West Bank is largely due to a security coordination with Israel that — despite Abbas’s combative proclamations — is tighter than ever
By Avi Issacharoff
Illustrative photo of a pipe bomb on October 16, 2015. (Border Police)
December 5, 2015, 10:29 pm
IDF finds dozens of pipe bombs in West Bank village
Explosives, handgun located during routine operation north of Hebron; weapons taken in for further inspection
By TOI staff
Israeli and Palestinian peace activist walk past IDF troops during a demonstration in the West Bank on November 27, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/THOMAS COEX)
November 27, 2015, 5:56 pm
Israelis and Palestinians rally in West Bank for peace
250 people march from Batir to Etzion bloc, calling for end to ‘occupation, terror and violence’
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Israeli security forces at the scene where a Palestinian driver rammed his car into Israeli soldiers near Beit Ummar in the West Bank, on November 27, 2015. (Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
November 27, 2015, 12:46 pm
Six soldiers hurt in car-ramming during West Bank protest
Palestinian driver, 19, killed by troops; ambulances pelted with stones as they approach site of attack in Beit Ummar, near Hebron
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
An ambulance brings a wounded Israeli soldier to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on October 21, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 21, 2015, 9:23 pm
Five soldiers hurt in West Bank car-ramming attack
One victim in serious condition with head injury after car rams into group near Beit Ummar south of Jerusalem, driver shot by forces on scene
By TOI staff
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