Hebron

June 20, 2018, 5:05 am

Bomb thrown at border police at Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, no injuries

Police search area, open investigation after attacker flees scene in second such incident this month

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers search the area around the West Bank city of Nablus on January 11, 2018, as part of a manhunt after the perpetrators of a lethal terror attack outside a nearby settlement. (Israel Defense Forces)

June 12, 2018, 2:06 pm

Settlers, Palestinians, soldiers clash in northern West Bank overnight

IDF oversees entrance of tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers into Jerusalem for Laylat al-Qadr prayers on the Temple Mount

By Judah Ari Gross

Border Police guard a station near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, where an explosive device was neutralized by sappers on June 10, 2018. (Israel Police)

June 10, 2018, 10:24 pm

Sappers destroy bomb found near Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron

Area closed for over an hour as IED containing two gas canisters neutralized outside site holy to Jews and Muslims

By Jacob Magid and TOI staff

Israeli forces operating in Nablus in a photo released by the IDF on March 18, 2018. (IDF Spokesperson)

June 7, 2018, 7:41 am

Israeli soldier lightly hurt by rock during overnight West Bank riot

IDF uses live fire, crowd dispersal methods as hundreds of Nablus residents hurl stones at troops during predawn raid; 11 Palestinian suspects arrested across West Bank

By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross

Israeli soldiers at the scene of an attempted ramming attack in the West Bank city of Hebron on June 2, 2018. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

June 2, 2018, 11:15 am

Army thwarts attempted tractor ramming attack in Hebron, assailant killed

IDF says Palestinian man shot dead after trying to run over troops with small tractor in West Bank city; no soldiers injured

By TOI staff

The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, with Mughrabi Ascent bridge in foreground (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

May 29, 2018, 6:24 pm

In Venice, Israel exhibits 1,600 years of architects’ fixes for religious rifts

Through November, the Biennale's Israel Pavilion highlights seemingly permanent struggles at religious sites and their transient stopgap solutions

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Grape vines from a West Bank Palestinian vineyard destroyed in an apparent hate crime on May 22, 2018, (Halhul municipality)

May 22, 2018, 11:28 pm

Hundreds of Palestinian grapevines destroyed in second incident in week

Some two acres of vines destroyed north of Hebron, near site of similar vandalism last week

By Jacob Magid

A Palestinian vineyard near Hebron where some 400 grape vines were chopped down in an apparent hate crime attack on May 16, 2018. (B'Tselem)

May 16, 2018, 4:42 pm

In apparent hate crime attack, 400 grapevines destroyed in Palestinian vineyard

A boulder with spray-painted Hebrew phrase 'we will reach every place' also found at scene near Hebron

By Jacob Magid

Ali Abu Hassan, a Palestinian student from a village outside of Hebron, walks through a Jerusalem court on August 2, 2016, before being indicted for attempting to carry out a terror attack on the Jerusalem light rail in July. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 26, 2018, 4:04 pm

Palestinian convicted of attempt to bomb Jerusalem light rail

Court rules 20-year-old Ali Abu Hassan 'planned to carry out a mass terror attack' with pipe bombs filled with nails dipped in rat poison

By Michael Bachner

Illustrative: Border Police officers stand at a checkpoint near Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs on January 19, 2018. (Border Police)

April 5, 2018, 2:54 pm

Palestinian carrying a knife arrested outside Hebron holy site

Suspect detained at entrance to Tomb of the Patriarchs after Border Police officers discover concealed box-cutter

By Michael Bachner

Settlers enter the disputed Rachel and Leah homes in Hebron on March 26, 2018. (Courtesy: Harhivi organization)

March 27, 2018, 12:41 am

Claiming state approval, settlers take over 2 disputed Hebron buildings

20 families move into Rachel and Leah homes in flashpoint West Bank city, four days after being booted from Machpela House where they'd squatted for 8 months

By Jacob Magid

An Israeli border police officer guards outside the 'Machpela House' in the West Bank city of Hebron on August 28, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

March 22, 2018, 5:56 pm

Settlers evacuate disputed Hebron building after squatting for 8 months

Evacuation said peaceful, despite vehement opposition from Beit Hamachpela's 15 families to High Court order

By Jacob Magid

March 12, 2018, 8:44 pm

High Court rules squatting settlers must evacuate Hebron building

Justices accept state's opinion that 15 families failed to prove their purchase of Machpela House

By Jacob Magid

Israeli border guards advance down a street during clashes with Palestinian protesters following a demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 9, 2018 against a decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

March 9, 2018, 5:34 pm

Palestinian killed in clash with IDF in Hebron amid Jerusalem embassy protests

Violent demonstrations reported across West Bank and along Gaza border fence; two Palestinians said wounded near Ramallah and four in Gaza

By TOI staff and AFP

Footage of an IDF soldier stopping a Palestinian car in the West Bank city of Hebron on February 16, 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)

March 2, 2018, 1:17 am

Army probing Hebron incident where IDF used Palestinian car as cover from riot

Footage shows Hani al-Ja'abari and his 4 children being forced out of vehicle in middle of dusty intersection; they were said to have waited 45 minutes until end of stone-throwing

By Jacob Magid