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Security personnel arrive at the site of a shooting on the outskirts of Tell in the West Bank, on July 24, 2026. (John Wessels/AFP)
August 5, 2026, 1:38 pm
IDF probe of deadly clash finds Tell settler hike was unauthorized, too few troops responded
Cpt. (res.) Benayahu Mellet may have been shot by IDF troops amid chaos in West Bank village; Maj. Yuval Ezra exchanged deadly fire with gunman, investigation finds
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli settler records as security forces clash with Palestinians during a protest in Khirbet Humsa, west of Hebron in the West Bank, June 9, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
June 13, 2026, 6:29 pm
Settler shoots Palestinian in West Bank; reports say victim was mentally disabled
Man with reported intellectual disability wounded after allegedly threatening settler with rock, Palestinian mayor claims Israeli forces withheld medical treatment for over an hour
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers and settlers gather in the village of Edna, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, during the olive harvesting season, on October 12, 2025. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
June 9, 2026, 8:35 am
Empowered after Oct. 7, IDF settler units are terrorizing Palestinians, critics say
Staffed by locals, including extremists, Israel’s West Bank regional defense reserve units are accused of exploiting the IDF’s authority as they compound rampant violence and harassment
By Stav Levaton
Mohammad Dalal looks at scorched cars in his scrapyard that was set ablaze the night before by people who local residents alleged were Israeli settlers in the town of Huwara near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
November 21, 2025, 6:51 pm
Palestinians report 7 settler attacks overnight amid escalating West Bank violence
At least 2 Palestinians said be hospitalized for injuries they suffered during attacks on homes, vehicles and other property
By ToI Staff and Reuters
A burning home, allegedly torched by settlers, at the Bedouin community of al-Ara'ara, near Mukhmas, west of Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 25, 2025. (Courtesy/Torat Tzedek)
October 25, 2025, 12:40 pm
Several injured, homes and cars set ablaze in several settler attacks in West Bank
Amid repeated assaults on harvesters and farmland, 3 Palestinians, 2 Israeli activists accompanying them, and 2 settlers hurt in stone-throwing clash near Mukhmas; suspect arrested
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
The vehicle of AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh is pictured ablaze after it was set on fire during an attack by Israeli settlers on the West Bank village of Beita, south of Nablus, during the annual olive harvest season, October 10, 2025. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
October 11, 2025, 1:04 am
AFP photographer injured in settler attack during West Bank olive harvest
French news agency condemns ‘outrageous’ assault near Nablus, calls on IDF to protect journalists and hold perpetrators accountable
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Young Jewish protesters throw rocks as Israeli police forces arrive at the illegal outpost of Amona, on February 1, 2017, on the morning of the settlement's evacuation. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 1, 2025, 10:39 pm
What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: When Israeli extremists go to war – against Israel
ToI’s senior analyst on the Labor Party-roots of early settlements and how the post-1967 vision of security and returning to the Land of Israel has been warped
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur
A car allegedly torched by settlers near the Palestinian village of Beirut Furik in the West Bank, November 16, 2024. (X screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the copyright law.)
November 16, 2024, 6:29 pm
IDF says dozens of masked settlers carried out arson attack on West Bank village
Military suspects perpetrators came from settlement of Itamar, after a Palestinian reportedly attacked Israeli man and stole herd of sheep
By Emanuel Fabian
Radical settler activist Neriya Ben Pazi pictured with his family at his illegal farming outpost HaMahoch in the West Bank. Another of Ben Pazi's farms, the Rimonim Farm, has received state funds through the Agriculture Ministry (Courtesy: Honenu legal aid organization)
June 17, 2024, 4:16 pm
Agriculture Ministry funding illegal farming outposts, US-sanctioned settlers – report
Anti-settlement group says unauthorized West Bank farms got NIS 1.66 million in 2017-2023; some of them were founded by Israelis the US accuses of undermining West Bank stability
By Jeremy Sharon
Jewish settlers seen during the demolition of six illegally built structures at the outpost of Kumi Ori, outside the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, in the West Bank, April 22, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
November 13, 2023, 3:26 pm
Two IDF reservists booted out of the army for entering Palestinian school
Amid simmering tensions in the West Bank, soldiers discharged after video showed them in a schoolyard in the south Hebron Hills
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A field of fire during clashes between Palestinians and settlers near the Palestinian village of Qusra in the West Bank on June 22, 2023. (Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 8:19 pm
IDF spokesman slams settler riots that ‘create terror’; far-right MK: It was a protest
MK Simcha Rothman compares rioters in Turmus Ayya to demonstrators against judicial overhaul
By ToI Staff
Daniel Pipes at the American Freedom Alliance conference at USC. (CC-BY-ASA: lukeford.net/Wikimedia)
May 12, 2020, 6:18 am
I believe in compromise, says hawkish pundit under fire for opposing annexation
With seemingly dovish NYT op-ed, Daniel Pipes angered many former allies on the right. He’s not backing down, but stresses his goal is still Israel’s victory over the Palestinians
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian Abed, left, meets with Ariel Bir, an Israeli settler who he saved, along with his family, from their car following a road accident. (Channel 10)
July 3, 2018, 8:57 pm
Settler family finally meets Palestinian who saved them from smashed car
A year after Abed pulled parents and three children from overturned, crumpled vehicle, grateful survivors invite him to event celebrating their survival
By Stuart Winer
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