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Operation Iron Wall

Israeli soldiers remove the body of a Palestinian killed in an air strike from a house under construction, on the western outskirts of the northern city of Jenin, in the West Bank on August 28, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH/AFP)
August 28, 2026, 10:30 pm
In rare West Bank airstrike, IDF says it killed 3 Palestinian terror operatives
Strike targets Qais Bitawi, who Shin Bet says was head of Hamas activity in Jenin, and two accomplices; PM and defense minister praise operation as success
By Emanuel Fabian
A Palestinian marked by IDF soldiers during a raid of the northern West Bank village of Qabatiya on August 17, 2026. (Screen capture/X)
August 18, 2026, 4:19 pm
IDF admits to again marking detained Palestinians with numbers during raid, expresses remorse
MK Ahmad Tibi says practice evokes ‘dark times’ after man with ’44’ on his forehead tells media outlets that he was interrogated by Israeli troops
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A paramedic helps a Palestinian family carry their belongings as an Israeli soldier enforces an evacuation order on a house in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on July 8, 2025. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
November 20, 2025, 2:11 pm
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes over West Bank displacements
Group finds military operations, demolitions in 3 towns led to expulsion of 32,000, calls for Israeli officials be held to account; Israel says ops targeted terrorist elements
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The home of Nihaya al-Jundi, in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem, which was demolished by the IDF in February. (Courtesy)
May 22, 2025, 11:46 pm
As IDF demolishes hundreds of houses in West Bank camps, residents are determined to return
Palestinians, whose homes were destroyed in counter-terror operation, speak of hardships after months of displacement; some say they only found out after the fact
By Nurit Yohanan
An undated photo of Nour Bitawi, a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative killed by Israeli security forces on May 9, 2025 (Social media)
May 9, 2025, 9:57 pm
IDF says ‘most wanted West Bank terror operative’ killed in Nablus operation
Army says senior PIJ operative Nour Bitawi eliminated in drone strike, was planning imminent attacks
By Emanuel Fabian
A Border Police officer enters an armored vehicle in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, April 7, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
May 7, 2025, 10:13 pm
3 months into major Jenin operation, IDF signals gains as residents face ruin
With over 100 terror operatives killed and hundreds arrested, Israel claims campaign improving security, as much of Jenin refugee camp remains decimated
By Stav Levaton
Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank's Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, March 24, 2025. (Zain Jaafar / AFP)
April 18, 2025, 11:10 am
IDF kills 2 Palestinians suspected of throwing stones at Israeli cars in West Bank
Palestinian Authority news agency identifies suspects as 17 and 19, says 20-year-old also wounded in incident near Nablus amid expansion of IDF offensive in the area
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers operate with their armored vehicles in the West Bank city of Jenin, March 4, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
April 16, 2025, 5:02 pm
IDF kills last surviving terrorist behind deadly West Bank shooting
Mohammed Zakarneh, one of 3 gunmen in January’s al-Funduq attack, killed near Jenin; two American tourists injured in a stone-throwing attack near Ramallah
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF soldiers arresting a Palestinian teenager at Jenin Government Hospital, in the West Bank, April 14, 2025. (X video)
April 14, 2025, 6:57 pm
IDF troops enter Jenin hospital without proper approval; military probes incident
Soldiers were pursuing Palestinian teenager who allegedly filmed them, arrested him at hospital; suspect was later freed
By Emanuel Fabian
People attend the last Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 28, 2025. (Jamal Awad/ Flash90)
April 2, 2025, 9:07 pm
Security forces report 80% drop in Ramadan terror attacks, after West Bank crackdown
IDF and Shin Bet credit Operation Iron Wall for decline in Palestinian terrorism; only 3 attacks reported this year compared to last year’s 27
By Stav Levaton
IDF troops operate in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, February 3, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
March 19, 2025, 11:40 am
Governor of Tulkarem: I could have tackled the armed groups here; Israel wouldn’t let me
PA’s Abdallah Kmeil claims Israel wants to keep the PA weak; he doesn’t condemn Hamas’s October 7 slaughter but says he’s become less extreme and wants peace
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian shopkeepers look as Israeli armored vehicles drive by during a raid in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin amid a weeks-long operation in the West Bank on March 4, 2025. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
March 11, 2025, 2:18 pm
Four Palestinians reported killed in West Bank anti-terror raids
IDF says three armed Palestinians shot during Jenin clash amid ‘Iron Wall’ operation; PA forces said to take out senior terror operative Abdel Rahman Abu Muna, angering Hamas
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Israeli tanks are seen near the West Bank city of Jenin, February 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
February 23, 2025, 1:35 pm
IDF deploys tanks in West Bank for first time since 2002, sending 3 to Jenin as it expands op
Defense minister says he instructed army to stay ‘for coming year’ in West Bank refugee camps and not allow 40,000 displaced Palestinians home
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a briefing with military officers in Tulkarem, February 21, 2025 (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
February 21, 2025, 10:35 pm
In visit to Tulkarem, Netanyahu calls to expand West Bank counterterror operation
Prime minister’s rare visit comes in wake of bus bombings in central Israel; Palestinian Authority condemns Netanyahu’s ‘storming’ of refugee camp
By Lazar Berman and AFP
Security forces probe a bus targeted by an explosive device, in Bat Yam, February 20, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 21, 2025, 3:03 pm
2 Jewish Israelis, Palestinian said arrested in connection with botched bus bombings
IDF says it’s bolstering West Bank presence with 3 battalions after apparent attempt at large-scale terror attack thought to have originated there; Katz: bombs ‘will not deter us’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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