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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Huwara

IDF troops of the Samaria Regional Brigade operate near Nablus, May 2023 (IDF Spokesperson)
June 5, 2024, 7:04 pm
Aggressive IDF – and PA – operations keep West Bank flashpoint quiet after October 7
Despite last week’s deadly ramming attack, violence is significantly down around Nablus and Huwara after the Samaria Regional Brigade adopted new, more aggressive posture
By Lazar Berman
Yinon Levi, an Israeli recently sanctioned by the United States, attends a Knesset Economic Committee meeting on February 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2024, 11:51 am
US fundraisers for violent West Bank settlers raise thousands, despite sanctions
Experts warn that anyone who donates money to a sanctioned person or group puts themself at risk, after the US and UK slap restrictions on seven Israelis accused of violent attacks
By Julia Frankel
Screen capture from video of assailants carrying out vandalism in the Palestinian West Bank town of Huwara, February 18, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 19, 2024, 2:59 pm
Cars torched in Palestinian town of Huwara in suspected settler hate crime
CCTV footage shows several men arriving in vehicles and attacking property before making their escape; police investigating
By Jeremy Sharon
A car (L) and homes allegedly torched by settlers in the northern West Bank on February 12, 2024. (Screen capture/X; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2024, 12:24 am
Settlers reportedly shoot two Palestinians, torch cars in latest West Bank attacks
Man and boy hospitalized after perpetrators said to descend from Yitzhar, fire shots, throw stones and clash with Palestinian residents in Asira al-Qibliya
By ToI Staff
Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 24, 2023, 2:49 pm
Hardline MKs demand review of alleged IDF report on settler violence
Right-wing members of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee rail against ‘comprehensive and false’ campaign against settlers, say it causes ‘enormous political damage’
By Sam Sokol
Soldiers from the IDF Commando Brigade take part in a large-scale training exercise in November 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 5, 2023, 9:27 am
2 commando companies said diverted from Gaza border to West Bank days before Oct. 7
Around 100 soldiers were moved from Gaza border to town of Huwara amid heightened tensions; IDF says troops were backup, no change was made in regular operations around Gaza
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
An undated photo shows Shay Silas Nigreker, 60 (right) and his 28-year-old son Aviad Nir, who were killed in a terror attack in the West Bank town of Huwara, August 19, 2023. (Courtesy)
November 26, 2023, 11:04 am
Troops arrest Palestinian suspected of killing Israeli father, son in terror attack
Osama Bani Fadl suspected in shooting of Shay Silas Nigreker and son Aviad Nir at carwash in West Bank town of Huwara; 8 Palestinians reported killed in clashes
By Emanuel Fabian
Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman chairs a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on June 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
November 2, 2023, 4:04 am
MK claims libel over report he said settlers’ blood worth more than that of Oct. 7 dead
Channel 12 says Simcha Rothman shocked attendees at Knesset hearing with his words; he insists it never happened
By ToI Staff
Religious Zionist MK Zvi Succot attends a party meeting at the Knesset, January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 1, 2023, 10:42 pm
Ultranationalist MK Tzvi Succot appointed head of Knesset West Bank subcommittee
Opposition lawmakers warn settlement activist will inflame tensions in the West Bank amid a wave of settler violence against Palestinians
By Jeremy Sharon
The IDF demolishes a pizzeria in Huwara that posted an ad mocking an elderly woman taken hostage by terrorists into Gaza on October 12, 2023. (Screen capture/X)
October 13, 2023, 12:17 pm
IDF razes Palestinian pizzeria in West Bank after ad mocks elderly hostage in Gaza
Shop apologizes for flyer, claims someone else published it without its knowledge; owner reportedly arrested
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian man inspects the damage in the village of Huwara in the West Bank on October 6, 2023, after an overnight attack by Israeli settlers. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
October 7, 2023, 1:49 am
UN lashes Israel for Huwara settler violence after terror shooting
UN special coordinator says ‘outraged by continued incitement, provocations, and lack of accountability’ for reprisal attacks, following attack on Israeli family in West Bank town
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (seated with blazer) in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on October 6, 2023. (via Facebook; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
October 6, 2023, 4:12 pm
Smotrich urges closing Huwara’s Palestinian shops until bypass road built for settlers
Visiting West Bank town after shooting attack and settler unrest, far-right minister knocks top security officials over response to violence, says ‘things can’t continue like this’
By ToI Staff
Far-right Religious Zionism MK Zvi Sukkot and other Israeli Jews pray in Huwara, after he set up a sukkah in the Palestinian town to protest a shooting attack there, October 5, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 6, 2023, 2:27 am
Netanyahu huddles with top security chiefs after day of terror violence
As Huwara shut down by army after attack, settlers celebrate Sukkot in Palestinian town, damage property and clash with locals; Palestinian who hurled cinderblock shot dead by IDF
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Dashcam footage shows a Palestinian terrorist opening fire at close range at an Israeli car in the West Bank town of Huwara, October 5, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 5, 2023, 7:37 pm
Israeli parents, baby escape unscathed as West Bank terrorist opens fire on car
Palestinian gunman flees, is shot dead by troops hours later; video shows moment he started shooting at family driving on Route 60 highway in flashpoint Huwara
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli soldier takes measurements at the home of Khaled Kharousha, accused of helping his father, a Hamas terrorist, in carrying out a deadly attack in Huwara, in the West Bank city of Nablus early May 13, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 2, 2023, 3:11 pm
Court okays razing West Bank home of terrorist who plotted killing of Israeli brothers
Judge says ample evidence that destroying terrorists’ homes a deterrent; Khaled Kharousha accused of murder for helping his father plan shooting that killed Hallel and Yagel Yaniv
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
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