Jordan Valley

An illustrative photo of an ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

February 6, 2019, 2:24 pm

IDF servicewoman dies after being run over in Jordan Valley accident

Palestinian driver detained for questioning following collision

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Border Police officers guard a checkpoint in the West Bank on January 26, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

December 11, 2018, 11:49 am

Two car-ramming attempts reported in West Bank; one suspected attacker shot dead

In separate incidents, one near Hebron, the other in Jordan Valley, Palestinians allegedly try to run over border guards

By Judah Ari Gross

Soldiers from the Kfir Infantry Brigade simulate war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip, in November 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

November 29, 2018, 12:27 pm

IDF’s Kfir Brigade simulates war in Gaza ahead of deployment to border next year

The formerly West Bank-focused unit prepares to fight in the Strip, training inside tunnels and in cramped multi-story buildings

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: An image showing the construction of a new West Bank outpost adjacent to the settlement of Adam, east of Ramallah on April 19, 2017. (Courtesy Peace Now)

October 28, 2018, 5:53 pm

Settlers establish illegal outpost at abandoned West Bank military base

12 families move into Camp Gadi in Jordan Valley, belying assurances by local council that it has no intention to build community there

By Jacob Magid

A Jordanian flag hangs on a pool on a bridge leading from Israel to Jordan in the Jordan valley area called Naharayim, or Baqura in Arabic, in northern Israel, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

October 27, 2018, 5:39 pm

Israeli farmers fear for future as Jordan claims back lands

King Abdullah II has notified the Jewish state that it intends to take back two areas captured in the wars before peace deal between the two nations was signed

By Clothilde Mraffko

Illustrative image of a mud brick house in the Palestinian village of Jiftlik in the Jordan valley. May 23, 2010. Photo by Matanya Tausig/Flash90

October 4, 2018, 4:51 pm

Man, woman found dead in burning building in Palestinian village

Two bodies recovered in Bedouin village of Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley; cause of fire unclear

By TOI staff

(From L-R) Shahar Glick, Shaun Vetshtein, Noam Hasson, Ayala Englander, Shay Nahum and Ofri Sela in the West Bank settlement of Peduel on July 18, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

August 17, 2018, 11:43 am

Their parents settled the West Bank for ideology. They’re staying for the vibes

While a group of Israeli teens offer varying views on Palestinians and peace, they agree that life over the Green Line is more defined by hitchhiking than terror attacks

By Jacob Magid

Excavation of a 7,200-year-old level at Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley, July 2018. (courtesy)

July 30, 2018, 5:47 am

Dig in: Mediterranean diet first appeared in the Jordan Valley, 7,500 years ago

New research based on archaeological evidence from Tel Tsaf prehistoric site shows humans in the region ate a lot like your doctor’s heart-healthy recommendations

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman David Elhayani (L) speaks to Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid at a lookout point above the Jordan Valley on July 23, 2018. (Courtesy)

July 25, 2018, 12:50 am

Lapid doesn’t rule out evacuating Jordan Valley settlements for peace

During tour, Yesh Atid chairman voices support for ongoing military presence along Jordan river, but stops short of promising to keep residential communities

By Jacob Magid

Graffiti found spray-painted on a wall next to a car whose tires were slashed in the Palestinian village of Deir Ammar, near Qalqilya on April 25, 2018. (Israel Police

April 25, 2018, 3:59 pm

2 West Bank villages, Israeli Arab town targeted in hate attacks

Tires slashed, Hebrew slogans painted in Deir Ammar and Jalud in the West Bank; cars torched in northern Israeli town of Iksal

By Jacob Magid

Soldiers from the mixed-gender Lions of the Jordan Valley Battalion take part in an exercise in the Tze'elim army base on February 5, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

March 11, 2018, 1:19 pm

Arguments rage over IDF’s inclusion of women, but co-ed ‘Lions’ have a job to do

Politicians, rabbis question army’s PR strategy of touting female soldiers; for those women and the men who serve with them, however, the opinions are irrelevant

By Judah Ari Gross and Video by Luke Tress

Illustrative photograph of an Israeli minefield. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

February 14, 2018, 4:42 pm

Seven soldiers lightly wounded by landmine in Jordan Valley

Two servicemen flown to hospital by helicopter, five more driven there after mine explodes under their car; army launches investigation

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Soldiers at the scene of a car-ramming attack on a highway in the central West Bank on July 10, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

January 19, 2018, 12:25 pm

Soldier lightly wounded in Jordan Valley attempted car ramming

Vehicle tries to enter Qasr al-Yahud holy site, refuses to stop after being flagged down by IDF troops

By Jacob Magid

Soldiers from the IDF's Kfir Brigade run into a valley in order to destroy a simulated rocket launcher during a training exercise in the Jordan Valley on November 28, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

November 30, 2017, 7:25 am

Made for the West Bank, IDF brigade prepares for future fighting in Gaza

Training in the Jordan Valley, the Kfir brigade expands its raison d’etre — fighting Palestinian terrorism — to include the coastal enclave

By Judah Ari Gross

Guy Hever (fifth from right, with glasses) and friends several weeks before his disappearance in 1997. (Courtesy of Rina Hever)

November 27, 2017, 11:05 am

Israel follows up on false tip missing soldier was at a mental health clinic

Army gets fake report Guy Hever, 20 years missing, was a patient at a southern Israeli psychiatric hospital, sends investigators

By Judah Ari Gross