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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

Jordan Valley

View of the border area between Israel and Jordan, near Hamat Gader, southern Golan Heights, on November 28, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
May 18, 2025, 9:08 pm
Security cabinet approves plan for high-tech security barrier along Jordanian border
Project, slated to begin in June, is expected to take 3 years, cost over $1 billion; plan also calls for ‘mission centers’ in Jordan Valley to boost Israeli presence
By Stav Levaton
A fire burns at the Palestinian village of Bardala, April 24, 2025. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 24, 2025, 2:42 pm
Settlers accused of attacking Palestinians, torching buildings in West Bank village
Two people lightly injured by gunfire from Israeli assailants, local resident says, after latest in spate of fiery rampages; no arrests reported
By Nurit Yohanan, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Archaeologists from Bar Ilan University, in cooperation with the Staff Officer of Archaeology, excavated the site of Sartaba/Alexandrium in the Jordan Valley in February 2025. The excavation’s director Dr. Dvir Raviv from Bar Ilan, points to a column capital on the eastern slope of the hill. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
March 6, 2025, 5:56 am
Jewish rebels and earthquake rubble: New dig aims to solve a pair of historical enigmas
Sartaba/Alexandrium was built by the Hasmoneans and expanded by Herod. A team of archaeologists has launched a first excavation in 40 years to probe the final days of the fortress
By Rossella Tercatin
Archaeologists from Bar Ilan University, in cooperation with the Staff Officer of Archaeology, excavated the site of Sartaba/Alexandrium in the Jordan Valley in February 2025. (Yodan Flaytman, Staff Officer for Archaeology in Judea and Samaria)
February 12, 2025, 11:09 am
Inscription found in Alexandrium fortress could shed new light on Jewish Revolt
Israeli researchers decipher an ostracon in a grand 1st-century structure in the Jordan Valley that could prove Jewish rebels used the site in their fight against Rome
By Rossella Tercatin
Lawmakers and ministers listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses the first plenum session of the Knesset’s winter 2024 legislative session, October 28, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
January 22, 2025, 6:39 pm
Coalition votes down legislation on state Oct. 7 probe, annexation of Jordan Valley
Ministers express support in principle for annexing part of West Bank but say the process must involve US, and call opposition bill supported by Otzma Yehudit ‘just trolling’
By Sam Sokol
Israeli security forces operate in the town of Sir, near the West Bank city of Jenin, December 1, 2024. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90)
December 1, 2024, 8:21 pm
IDF drone strike near Jenin kills Hamas terrorist behind deadly Jordan Valley shooting
Another three gunmen killed in strike in town of Sir, northern West Bank; Wael Lahlouh murdered Yonatan Deutsch, wounded another man in August attack
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks out over the Jordan Valley on September 11, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 11, 2024, 8:51 pm
Visiting Jordan Valley, Netanyahu vows to work with Amman to boost border fence
Days after deadly shooting at Allenby border crossing, PM says ‘stronger barrier’ needed along boundary with Jordan, a project repeatedly promised and scrapped over the years
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror shooting attack in the Jordan Valley, on August 11, 2024; inset: Yonatan Deutsch, who was killed in the attack, (Michael Giladi/Flash90; courtesy)
August 11, 2024, 6:32 pm
Civilian killed, another hurt in Jordan Valley terror attack; IDF hunting for shooters
Victim named as Yonatan Deutsch, 23, from Beit She’an; initial probe finds assailants used an assault rifle; troops search for terrorists; wounded man in moderate condition
By Emanuel Fabian
Police clash with ultra-Orthodox demonstrators during a protest against the recruitment of Haredim to the IDF, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2024, 12:55 pm
Daily Briefing July 2: Day 270 – How the IDF could conscript Haredi yeshiva students
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon discusses how the army could address recruitment of ultra-Orthodox young men as per a High Court order, plus a ruling on Jordan Valley livestock
By ToI Staff
Israeli troops stand guard near the scene of a shooting, near Hebron in the West Bank, April 21, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/ FLASH90)
April 21, 2024, 11:27 pm
3 Palestinians shot dead while attacking IDF troops in West Bank
Woman killed trying to stab guards at Jordan Valley checkpoint, two men killed assaulting soldiers near Hebron, as army ends 50-hour refugee camp operation amid heightened tensions
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The scene of a shooting attack on Route 90 near the West Bank town of Al-Auja, March 28, 2024. (Magen David Adom)
March 31, 2024, 9:11 am
IDF: Terrorist who fired on vehicles in West Bank last week turns self in
Attack was third by PA security forces officer within a month; left-wing group defending Palestinians from settler violence vows to continue work after 2 activists hurt in shooting
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Rescue workers at the scene of a terror attack near the West Bank town of Al-Auja, March 28, 2024. (Rescuers Without Borders)
March 28, 2024, 9:46 am
3 hurt in West Bank terror shooting attack on cars, school buses
IDF launches manhunt for terrorist behind assault on vehicles on Route 90, in Jordan Valley town of al-Auja; 13-year-old boy among the injured
By Emanuel Fabian
View of the Jordan Valley from a military post near the West Bank settlement of Hemdat. The Jordanian villages of al-Balawinah and Kuraymah are seen in the distance, November 28. 2022. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
March 22, 2024, 4:17 pm
Israel appropriates 1,976 acres of land in Jordan Valley, declaring it state land
Announcement follows West Bank settlement expansion earlier in March; new status will allow for hundreds of housing units to be constructed in addition to commerce zones
By ToI Staff and AFP
Footage of an IDF soldier shooting dead a Palestinian suspect in the al-Faraa refugee camp in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank on December 8, 2023. (Screen capture/YouTube)
December 16, 2023, 5:31 am
IDF opens probe of troops filmed shooting dead already-neutralized Palestinian suspect
Military Police examining if ‘illegal shooting was carried out,’ after rights group releases video of soldiers in West Bank fatally firing upon 2 Palestinians at short range
By ToI Staff
Alex Povolotsky, an activist with the Jordan Valley Activists group, bleeds profusely after being assaulted, allegedly by extremist settlers, in the Palestinian hamlet of Farasiya in the West Bank, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Jordan Valley Activists)
December 6, 2023, 5:19 pm
Activist assaulted protecting Palestinian herders says he feared for his life
Alex Povolotsky was severely beaten while protecting the tiny northern Jordan Valley hamlet of Farasiya — he says by extremist settlers who want to ‘ethnically cleanse’ the area
By Jeremy Sharon
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