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Foreign pro-Palestinian volunteers receive treatment at Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, after they were attacked by Jewish Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, in the West Bank, July 21, 2024. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90)
July 21, 2024, 11:46 pm
Israeli settlers attack foreign pro-Palestinian activists in northern West Bank
In video, group of masked men is seen approaching volunteers planting olive trees, then laying into them with clubs; two American women, Dutch man injured
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
A fire near the West Bank settlement of Migdalim on July 4, 2021. (Israel Firefighting Services)
July 4, 2021, 5:25 pm
Fire forces evacuation of homes in West Bank settlement; arson suspected
Another wildfire rages outside nearby illegal outpost; no injuries reported; authorities investigating whether blazes were deliberately set by Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops during a protest marking Land Day, in the West Bank city village of Qusra near Nablus, on March 30, 2018. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
July 3, 2021, 11:45 pm
Palestinian fatally shot amid clashes near illegal West Bank outpost
Military says Mohammad Farid threw explosive object at forces before being hit; dozens clash near town of Qusra, next to Esh Kodesh outpost
By Emanuel Fabian and Aaron Boxerman
Part of a Palestinian home in the central West Bank village of Jalud that locals said was torched by settlers on July 27, 2018. (Jalud municipality)
July 27, 2018, 5:45 pm
Palestinians say two homes ransacked by settlers in central West Bank
Residents of Jalud return from Friday afternoon prayers to find one house torched and another ripped apart; witnesses say Israelis from Esh Kodesh outpost seen fleeing area
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian vineyard near Ramallah targeted in an apparent hate crime attack on May 29, 2018. (Iyad Haddad/B'Tselem)
May 29, 2018, 1:33 pm
Palestinian vineyard near Ramallah targeted in apparent hate crime
100 vines chopped down in Kafr Milek; farmer finds rock spray-painted with Hebrew phrase at scene
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers and settlers at the entrance to the northern West Bank village of Qusra on December 4, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
December 7, 2017, 8:50 am
Israel arrests 20 Palestinians over fracas with hiking settlers
Qusra residents suspected of throwing rocks at Israeli children trekking through the area last week, resulting in clash that left one Palestinian killed
By Judah Ari Gross
Protesters carry a Palestinian injured in clashes with IDF soldiers at the entrance to the northern West Bank village of Qusra on December 4, 2017 (AFP Photo/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
December 4, 2017, 12:55 pm
Palestinian shot in clashes as settlers march outside Qusra
Far-right Israeli activists return to scene of last week’s deadly incident; army had declared area a ‘closed military zone’
By Judah Ari Gross and Jacob Magid
Illustrative image of Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Qusra near the city of Nablus, on August 9, 2016. (Flash90)
December 1, 2017, 4:22 pm
Army: Hiking settlers were attacked first; soldiers took 20 minutes to find them
Military says group didn’t coordinate trip that resulted in clash in which Palestinian killed, forbids future visits to the area without accompaniment
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces following riots between Palestinians and a group of settlers traveling in the northern West Bank, on November 30, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 1, 2017, 1:42 pm
Liberman says ‘self-defense’ as police probe manslaughter in Qusra clash
Lawyers fume over investigation of parents who shot Palestinian while attacked on hike with children through West Bank
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas poses for photographs at the European Parliament in Brussels on June 23, 2016. (Thierry Charlier/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
November 30, 2017, 6:21 pm
Abbas demands international protection for Palestinians after West Bank shooting
Israeli army said a civilian who shot dead a Palestinian near Nablus was defending children from an attack; Palestinians say the shooting happened first
By Dov Lieber
Israeli settlers and Palestinians clash in the northern West Bank on November 30, 2017. (courtesy)
November 30, 2017, 12:15 pm
IDF: Settlers attacked during West Bank hike, shoot Palestinian dead
Troops arrive at scene after clash; unclear if trip was coordinated with military, which managed to retrieve a weapon stolen from parent escort
By Judah Ari Gross and Jacob Magid
Illustrative image of Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Qusra near the city of Nablus, on August 9, 2016. (Flash90)
May 12, 2017, 1:46 pm
Armed off-duty soldiers enter Palestinian town, retrieved by IDF
Residents hand over two servicemen unharmed; military investigating why they entered Qusra, in northern West Bank
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli Border Police officers stand guard as Palestinian farmers use tractors to work the land in the village of Qusra in the West Bank, with the Esh Kodesh outpost in the background, on November 19, 2013. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 20, 2017, 2:19 pm
Palestinians rescue Israeli man, 3 soldiers from West Bank town
Mayor, activist protect settlers who were surrounded by residents of Qusra, near Ariel; IDF says it’s investigating
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of an officer in the Traffic Police (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
November 29, 2015, 2:31 pm
IDF soldier killed in West Bank motorcycle crash
Victim identified as Aviah Anki, 22; collided with Palestinian minibus at Yitzhar Junction
By ToI Staff
Nati Rom, chairman of Lev Haolam foundation, guides a group European Christians during a tour of the Israeli outpost of Esh Kodesh in the West Bank on November 10, 2015. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
November 12, 2015, 6:59 pm
For some Israelis, EU label on settlement goods is a boon
Lev Haolam organization sells boxes of West Bank products to some 1,000 European supporters of the settlement enterprise
By Joe Dyke
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