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Kiryat Arba

Illustrative -- Police tape in Independence Park on July 30, 2015 (Garrett Mills/Flash90)
October 7, 2025, 6:40 pm
IDF soldier on leave killed after police officer apparently accidentally fires gun
Military Police and Justice Ministry’s internal affairs department launch joint investigation into deadly incident in Kiryat Arba settlement
By Emanuel Fabian
The Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 3, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 6:36 pm
Seeing opportunity under Trump, some settlers hope to take over Tomb of the Patriarchs
Right-wing ministers and MKs believe time is ripe for scrapping a longstanding status quo dividing the Hebron holy site between Jewish and Muslim worshipers
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Huib Kriekaard and Ina Straatsma-Elzes work at the Israel Product Center in the headquarters of the Christians for Israel group in the Dutch town of Nijkerk, June 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
August 20, 2024, 4:47 am
In Holland’s Bible belt, a Christian family’s pro-Israel empire shifts into overdrive
Since the October 7 Hamas massacre, the 45-year-old Christians for Israel’s product sales, public engagement – and risk exposure – have vastly increased
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Israeli troops stand guard near the scene of a shooting, near Hebron in the West Bank April 21, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
April 24, 2024, 3:39 pm
Palestinian woman tries to stab troops in West Bank, is shot dead — IDF
No soldiers harmed in incident near Kiryat Arba settlement; alleged assailant identified as 20-year-old woman
By Emanuel Fabian
Elyakim Libman, security guard at the Supernova desert rave who was thought to be taken captive on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
November 7, 2023, 6:07 pm
Elyakim Libman, 23, murdered in Re’im forest while saving others
A security guard at the Supernova music festival and son of the Kiryat Arba council chairman, he called his father and sent his location near Kibbutz Re’im on October 7
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, center, dressed in a costume combining elements of various uniforms of forces under his command, celebrates the Jewish holiday of Purim, in the West Bank city of Hebron, March 7, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 29, 2023, 5:45 pm
Ben Gvir: ‘Apartheid’ against Jews of Kiryat Arba; they can’t enter 97% of territory
Defending his claims about West Bank rights, far-right leader also asserts ‘Arabs can go anywhere,’ though they can’t enter Hebron-adjacent settlement where he lives
By ToI Staff
Damage caused to a military ambulance in a shooting attack in the southern West Bank, May 29, 2023. (Courtesy)
May 30, 2023, 12:31 am
Military ambulance damaged in shooting attack in southern West Bank
IDF says troops returned fire at source of shooting on Route 60 highway, near Kiryat Arba settlement
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli troops demolish the home of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly shooting attack last year, in the West Bank city of Hebron on February 16, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 15, 2023, 9:16 pm
IDF razes Hebron home of terrorist who killed Israeli man last year
Military carries out demolition after appeals on behalf of Muhammed al-Jabari rejected; shooting attack on October 29 killed Ronen Hanania, wounded four others
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli troops map out the home of Muhammed Kamel al-Jabari in the West Bank city of Hebron ahead of a potential demolition, early October 30, 2022. Al-Jabari killed an Israeli man and wounded four others in an attack hours earlier. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 19, 2022, 12:26 am
IDF issues demolition order for home of terrorist who killed Israeli man near Hebron
Family of Muhammed al-Jabari can appeal decision; shooting attack on October 29 killed Ronen Hanania, wounded four others
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian terrorist Muhammed Kamel al-Jabari is seen during a shooting attack in Hebron, in new footage published from the October 29, 2022, attack in the West Bank. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 22, 2022, 8:55 pm
New footage from injured medic’s dashcam shows deadly Kiryat Arba attack unfold
Video from car used by paramedic Ofer Ohana, shot and seriously wounded while responding to October 29 assault, shows gunman opening fire and gun battle with Israeli forces
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian teen carrying a knife near Hebron, Novemer 18, 2022. (Rescuers Without Borders)
November 18, 2022, 10:04 am
Palestinian teen arrested with knife near Hebron; shots fired at Tulkarem checkpoint
Incident in Kiryat Arba comes as thousands of Jewish pilgrims arrive to spend Shabbat in biblically resonant West Bank city
By Emanuel Fabian
View of the settlement of Kiryat Arba, near the West Bank city of Hebron, February 24, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
November 9, 2022, 5:29 pm
Girl shot in murky Kiryat Arba incident released from hospital
Tamar Aharon, 13, sent home in good condition after she was wounded while walking down a street in West Bank settlement, possibly from stray gunfire out of adjacent Hebron
By Emanuel Fabian
Construction in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, near the city of Hebron, on April 2, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/ Flash90)
November 4, 2022, 4:20 pm
13-year-old girl breathing independently after being shot in West Bank’s Kiryat Arba
Family of Tamar Aharon thanks doctors and nation’s prayers, hopes for full recovery after she was hit in the head, apparently by errant fire from Palestinian city of Hebron
By ToI Staff
The Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba is pictured near the West Bank city of Hebron on November 19, 2019. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
November 3, 2022, 7:16 pm
Israeli girl, 13, critically hurt by gunfire in West Bank’s Kiryat Arba
Injury thought to have been caused by errant shots from adjacent Palestinian city of Hebron
By Emanuel Fabian
Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir on a campaign stop in Sderot's open market on election day, November 1, 2022. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
November 1, 2022, 3:54 pm
It took 4 voting rounds to normalize Ben Gvir. By the end of the 5th, he’s a star
Once-fringe candidate stirs up election-day excitement in towns that have long been strongholds for other right-wing parties, indicating growing extremism within Netanyahu’s bloc
By Jacob Magid
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