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Beit Ummar

Reda Awad, 15, left, and Issa Awad, 19, are seen in undated photos. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 22, 2026, 12:41 pm
IDF says soldiers shot dead two Palestinians hurling Molotov cocktails at settlement
Palestinian Authority identifies dead as 15- and 19-year-old, says their bodies were detained; settlers reportedly set fire to Ramallah-area car lot, none arrested
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
Israeli soldiers stand guard while Palestinians and left-wing activists protest in the village of Beit Dajan, in the West Bank, on July 21, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
July 21, 2023, 5:45 pm
Palestinian teen killed, 3 Israeli troops hurt in separate West Bank clashes
IDF and Border Police say forces opened fire at rioters in Umm Safa and Beit Ummar; one officer hurt by improvised explosive device
By Emanuel Fabian
Masked Palestinians burn tires during clashes with Israeli security forces following the funeral of Mufid Khalil in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, November 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
April 5, 2023, 11:00 am
Soldier lightly injured by gunfire during operation in West Bank village
Serviceman taken to hospital as army searches for gunmen; incident comes as tensions flare on Passover Eve, with clashes at Temple Mount, rocket fire from Gaza
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli soldier is seen operating in the West Bank village of Teqoa, June 21, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 21, 2022, 12:11 pm
IDF soldier indicted for stealing Palestinians’ phone, cash during West Bank raid
Military says soldier sold device looted in Beit Ummar to third party, wiped correspondence with buyer from own phone
By Emanuel Fabian
A Nazi flag attacked to electrical cables in the Palestinian village of Beit Ummar in the West Bank, on September 26, 2021. (Screenshot/Instagram)
September 26, 2021, 8:56 am
Palestinians fly Nazi flag near Hebron; IDF soldiers shoot it down
Incident marks latest use of swastika symbol in protests against Israel amid rising tensions in West Bank
By ToI Staff
Moayyad al-Alami, father of Mohammed al-Alami, 12, carries a poster with picture and name of his son and reads "Palestinian National Liberation movement, Fatah, offers her hero martyr child," at the family house, in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, August 4, 2021. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
August 5, 2021, 11:58 am
Father of Palestinian boy killed by Israeli fire says he expects no justice
Mohammed al-Alami, 12, was killed by troops in his car; IDF investigating, says soldiers chased the vehicle suspecting it to be one they were searching for in a separate case
By AP and ToI Staff
Muayyad Bahjat al-Alaama, whose son was allegedly killed after a case of mistaken identity by Israeli soldiers, at a mourning tent in his hometown of Beit Ummar in the West Bank, on Thursday, July 29, 2021 (Aaron Boxerman/The Times of Israel)
July 29, 2021, 9:30 pm
Palestinians say man shot dead in clashes during funeral for boy killed by IDF
Shawkat Awad, 20, reportedly shot by troops amid riot; father of 11-year-old killed on Wednesday likely to lose permit to work in Israel; ‘I died too,’ he says
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative: Israeli security forces and a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance at the Tapuah junction near the West Bank city of Nablus, October 30, 2015. (Flash90)
July 28, 2021, 8:11 pm
Palestinian boy, 12, killed by apparent IDF gunfire near Hebron
IDF says troops opened fire while pursuing suspects in a vehicle that had apparently tried to bury the body of a newborn near an army post
By Aaron Boxerman
Weapons and other contraband that was found in the possession of a Palestinian teenager suspected of working on behalf of the Hamas terror group in a photograph released by the Shin Bet security service on November 9, 2020.
November 9, 2020, 4:34 pm
Shin Bet: Hamas recruiting teens to carry out terror attacks, kidnappings
Security service arrests two suspects who were allegedly contacted by the Gaza-based terror group and instructed to gather intel, carry out shootings
By Judah Ari Gross
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
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