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Contaminated water flows in the Hebron Stream below Palestinian village of ad-Dahariya, between banks coated in stone dust, July 14, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
August 2, 2026, 5:02 am
As toxic sewage and factory sludge choke Hebron stream, locals refuse to go with the flow
Inadequate infrastructure and coordination result in dumping by Palestinian residents and industry, causing soil and groundwater pollution. Israel’s response has been frustratingly partisan
By Sue Surkes
Capt. (res.) Elhanan Meir Kalmanson (IDF)
March 30, 2024, 10:39 pm
Cpt. Elhanan Kalmanson, 41: Family man who saved dozens of lives
Killed battling Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 8
By ToI Staff
The scene of a car-ramming attack near Otniel in the West Bank, December 29, 2023 (Social media used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 29, 2023, 2:54 pm
5 soldiers wounded, one seriously, in West Bank car-ramming attack
Attacker shot dead by troops at the scene near military position, close to Adorayim Junction
By Emanuel Fabian
Michal David holds the tip of a quill as Rabbi David Avraham writes the initials of her five grandchildren in a Torah scroll in Tel Aviv, Israel on November 27, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
December 13, 2023, 7:05 am
October 7 massacre spurs massive Torah scroll writing project
Thousands of Israeli Jews, including President Isaac Herzog, fill in letters on parchment to commemorate the 1, 200 dead and raise awareness for the 138 hostages still in captivity
By Canaan Lidor
The Itamar Yeshiva in the Itamar settlement on January 30, 2020. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
January 31, 2020, 10:57 am
At Trump’s Jewish ‘enclaves,’ fear of Palestinian encirclement, plans to expand
Settler leaders vow to enlarge the 15 West Bank settlements that under US president’s proposal would become sovereign Israeli islands in a potential Palestinian state
By Jacob Magid
Shlomo Mark (L) and his wife Yiska in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
March 31, 2019, 4:40 pm
Son of rabbi killed in 2016 terror shooting dies in traffic accident
Politicians, community leader mourn Shlomo Mark, killed on his way to work at PM’s office less than 3 years after his father was gunned down in West Bank
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
Hebron Jewish settlers' council head Yochai Damari (left) with the Palestinian man who came to the aid of the Mark family after the July 1, 2016 terrorist attack in which Rabbi Miki Mark was killed (Har Hebron Regional Council)
August 3, 2018, 5:01 pm
Palestinian who saved Jewish kids after terror attack to be booted from Israel
Military refuses to renew temporary residence permit awarded to West Bank man who got death threats after rescuing children of murdered Rabbi Miki Mark at scene of 2016 attack
By ToI Staff
MK Yehudah Glick (Likud) eulogizes his wife, Yaffa, at her funeral at Jerusalem's Har Hamenuhot cemetery on January 1, 2018. (Screen capture: Facebook)
January 11, 2018, 9:57 pm
MK Glick pans Deri’s attempt to bring him to vote after wife’s funeral
Likud lawmaker says he did not take Shas head’s inquiry seriously, as it was ‘so out of place’
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador David Friedman (L) pays a condolence call at the home of Likud MK Yehudah Glick in the West Bank settlement of Otniel on January 3, 2018. (Courtesy Har Hebron Regional Council)
January 3, 2018, 2:18 pm
US ambassador pays condolence visit at MK’s West Bank home
Deflecting suggestions it is unusual for US officials to visit settlements, David Friedman says he only came to pay respects
By Jacob Magid
Natan Meir, the widower of terror victim Dafna Meir, announces his engagement to Zohar Morgenstern in Jerusalem on March 28, 2017. (Facebook)
May 29, 2017, 7:55 pm
Widower of terror victim Dafna Meir remarries
Natan Meir, whose wife was murdered last year in a brutal stabbing while defending her children, weds in private ceremony
By JTA and ToI Staff
The family of Dafna Meir at her funeral in Jerusalem on January 18, 2106. Meir was stabbed to death at the entrance to her home in the settlement of Otniel on January 17. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 28, 2017, 7:06 pm
Widower of murdered Dafna Meir to remarry
Natan Meir, whose wife was killed in a terror attack a year ago while defending her family in their home, announces engagement
By JTA
Israeli police look for evidence at the scene where Miki Mark was killed and three members of his family were wounded when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on their car, on July 1, 2016, south of Hebron. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
March 15, 2017, 1:45 pm
Accomplice in 2016 terror attack that killed rabbi gets 2 life terms
Muhammad al-Amarya confessed to driving vehicle from which a Hamas gunman opened fire on Rabbi Miki Mark’s car near Hebron
By Tamar Pileggi
Dafna Meir, left, with her husband Natan Meir in an undated picture posted on Facebook. (Screen capture: Facebook)
November 2, 2016, 10:29 pm
Teen given life in prison for ‘cold-blooded murder’ of Dafna Meir
Military court recommends that Palestinian who killed mother of 6 in West Bank attack never be released
By ToI Staff
An MDA ambulance in Hebron in 2012. (illustrative photo: Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)
October 26, 2016, 9:44 am
4 Palestinians killed in West Bank car crash
Separately, 15-year-old Israeli boy killed while riding electric bike in Petah Tikva
By Stuart Winer
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