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Mourners carry the body of 22-year-old Palestinian man Omar Haithm al-badawi who was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in al-arowb camp in the West Bank city of Hebron, on November 11, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
November 11, 2019, 10:59 pm
PA, UN condemn fatal shooting of Palestinian man by IDF soldiers
Preliminary Israeli investigation indicates Omar al-Badawi was not involved in clashes, was extinguishing a fire when struck
By TOI staff
Illustrative: IDF troops in a raid in the West Bank. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 11, 2019, 4:35 pm
PA says IDF killed Palestinian man during West Bank clash
Witnesses say Omar al-Badawi, 22, was shot while trying to put out a fire caused by a Molotov cocktail; UN urges investigation
By TOI staff
An IDF soldier aiming a gun at a Palestinian man in front of his child in Hebron, November 5, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)
November 6, 2019, 12:44 am
IDF troops filmed shoving, aiming gun at Palestinian father in front of child
Footage appears to show troops assaulting, cocking gun at man in presence of small child, whom they accused of rock-throwing in West Bank city of Hebron; IDF says probing incident
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Border Police officers stand at a checkpoint near Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs on January 19, 2018. (Border Police)
October 30, 2019, 8:27 am
Palestinian woman tries to stab Israeli troops in Hebron, is shot – police
Suspect said to be in critical condition after attempted stabbing attack at Tomb of the Patriarchs holy site
By TOI staff
Anti-Abbas activist Fadi Elsalameen lives is originally from a West Bank village but currently resides in Washington,D.C. (Courtesy of Fadi Elsalameen)
October 29, 2019, 9:45 am
Palestinian anti-PA activist says Facebook closed his popular page
Fadi Esalameen, 35, hires a lawyer in an effort to restore page, which had a million followers; Fatah official charges he consistently made false claims on it
By Adam Rasgon
Border Police officers check the ID of Palestinian women at the entrance to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 9, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 30, 2019, 9:48 am
Palestinian, 15, arrested with knife at Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs
Israeli security forces at holy site find blade among textbooks in the teen’s backpack
By TOI staff
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, poses with King Abdullah II of Jordan before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, March 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
September 17, 2019, 8:26 am
France, Jordan leaders ‘share concern’ over Netanyahu annexation plan
In phone call, Macron and Abdullah reaffirm support for two-state solution and agree to stay in contact to ‘avoid a dangerous rise in tension’
By TOI staff and AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank town of Hebron, on September 4, 2019. (EMIL SALMAN / Haaretz POOL / AFP)
September 16, 2019, 2:50 pm
Netanyahu says he is planning on annexing parts of Hebron
PM says the small community located in the heart of the Palestinian city will become an official part of the Jewish state
By TOI staff and AP
Illustrative: Border Police officers stand at a checkpoint near Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs on January 19, 2018. (Border Police)
September 6, 2019, 6:41 pm
Palestinian teenager with knife arrested near flashpoint Hebron shrine
Weapon found on 15-year-old after officers near the Tomb of the Patriarchs ask him to lift up his shirt
By TOI staff
Palestinians burn pictures depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest against the PM's visit to the West Bank city of Hebron, September 4, 2019 (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
September 4, 2019, 8:11 pm
Palestinians lambaste Netanyahu’s ‘provocative, colonialist’ visit to Hebron
PA also calls PM’s trip to West Bank city ‘racist,’ says it is purely for domestic political purposes ahead of this month’s elections
By AFP and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank town of Hebron, on September 4, 2019. (EMIL SALMAN / Haaretz POOL / AFP)
September 4, 2019, 7:16 pm
In rare Hebron visit, Netanyahu says Jews will remain in divided city forever
Despite right-wing pressure, PM refrains from announcing additional settlement construction in West Bank city during ceremony marking 90th anniversary of massacre
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, Knesset Chairman Yuli Edelstein and Culture Minister Miri Regev attend a ceremony marking the 90th Anniversary of the 1929 Hebron riots, outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, September 4, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
September 4, 2019, 6:43 pm
Likud minister, Knesset speaker call for extending Israeli sovereignty to Hebron
Netanyahu makes rare visit to volatile West Bank city, home to some 200,000 Palestinians and hundreds of Israeli settlers, to mark 90th anniversary of massacre
By TOI staff
Settlers stand at the top of the Machpela House in Hebron after re-entering the building for the first time in months on August 25, 2019. (Harhivi movement)
August 29, 2019, 1:31 pm
Settlers enter disputed Hebron home after legal win, but move appears premature
Committee rules Israeli group’s purchase of half of Machpela House legitimate, 17 months after squatters evicted, but compound must be divided before it can be re-inhabited
By Jacob Magid
A bomb studded with pieces of metal that was created by a Hamas agent in the West Bank city of Hebron for a planned terror attack in Jerusalem, which was found and destroyed by Israeli forces in June 2019. (Shin Bet)
August 6, 2019, 5:47 pm
Shin Bet busts Hamas cell planning Jerusalem bombing attack
Bomb-maker kept materials in school next to his house, endangering civilians, agency says; 3-kilogram device had dozens of pieces of metal attached to it for maximum damage
By Judah Ari Gross
A knife found in the purse of a Palestinian woman outside the Jewish settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 15, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 15, 2019, 10:15 am
IDF arrests Palestinian woman with knife in her purse near Hebron settlement
Military says woman ‘aroused the suspicions’ of soldiers, blade discovered during search of her bag
By Judah Ari Gross
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