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A Palestinian man bends down to cross a closed gate after the Israeli army imposed a closure on the entrances of the West Bank village of Sinjil, July 1, 2026. (AP/Leo Correa)
'The IDF knows it isn't operating by any orderly system'
Restrictions on Palestinian movement in West Bank allegedly at levels not seen in decades
By Nurit Yohanan
Petition seeks full accounting of roadblocks, checkpoints, and other barriers put in place across territory, many in aftermath of October 7, but IDF indicates that even it does not know full scope
Members of Israeli security forces stand guard during a raid in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
July 25, 2026, 11:34 pm
Israeli, 25, wounded by stone during clash with Palestinians near Susya settlement
IDF says Palestinian man stole off-duty soldier’s gun during confrontation in West Bank, then dropped it and fled; forces searching for suspect
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Mais Al-Gharam, second from right, poses for a photo with her six siblings from Gaza, who were granted Israeli passports, in her home in Nazareth, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
July 22, 2026, 2:15 pm
A family split between Israel and Gaza reunites in Nazareth after years of war
After years-long effort, Mais al-Gharam’s siblings join her in northern Israeli city, but nothing can bring back their parents and brother, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat
By AP
Nasser Esleem speaks at a protest over the killing of his son, Ahmad Esleem, who was shot by IDF troops while transporting aid into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, on July 11, 2026. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 12, 2026, 2:10 am
Father of Gaza aid truck driver killed by IDF says soldier shot him ‘between the eyes’
Truck drivers in Strip demand better protection after Ahmad Esleem killed while bringing in aid through Kerem Shalom Crossing from Israel
By Nurit Yohanan
IDF forces operate during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, June 30, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
June 30, 2026, 10:15 pm
Israel shuts down West Bank nonprofit, accusing it of terrorism — Palestinian officials
Nablus mayor ‘surprised’ after IDF seals building housing offices of Al-Tadamon Charitable Society; IDF doesn’t immediately comment
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man transports boxes of medication from Nablus's Rafidiya hospital to an ambulance vehicle waiting behind a barrier at the entrance to the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank, on May 6, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
June 29, 2026, 5:50 am
Short of funds for drugs or doctors, West Bank health system falters under Israeli sanctions
A yearlong freeze on transfers of tax revenues has resulted in the debt-ridden PA Health Ministry being unable to provide many services, with physicians striking over inability to help patients
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinians take part in an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. (AFP)
June 25, 2026, 4:37 pm
As Strip stagnates, Gazans plan first large anti-Hamas protest since ceasefire
Demonstration organized by dissidents abroad looks to bring crowds into streets Friday to call for better living conditions, though Hamas is apparently seeking to quash effort before it gets going
By Nurit Yohanan
People survey damage caused to Palestinian vehicles by violent settlers who attacked a group of Palestinians and Jewish activists near Halhul, in the Hebron area of the West Bank, on June 15, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
June 15, 2026, 8:23 pm
Settlers attack Palestinians and activists near Hebron, vandalize vehicles
IDF troops declare area a closed military zone, forcing Palestinians to leave their farmland; elsewhere, Palestinian say settlers destroy olive trees near Bethlehem
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 26, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
June 15, 2026, 12:54 pm
Report warns Israeli restrictions pushing Palestinian economy in West Bank to collapse
Deprived of tax revenues and work permits, ‘economic conditions necessary for any Palestinian future other than permanent subjugation’ being lost, warns International Crisis Group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian boys look toward a young Israeli settler after their soccer ball, kicked beyond a barbed-wire fence surrounding a small pitch near the Carmel settlement, was taken away in the West Bank Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
June 12, 2026, 2:56 pm
UN alleges record levels of settler violence in the West Bank this year
Meanwhile, Palestinian farmers claim IDF project to prevent smuggling and terror attacks has damaged their water infrastructure
By AFP and ToI Staff
Fahd Abou Haikal, 41, shows a picture of his slain 7-month-old son Sam, at a hospital in Hebron on June 6, 2026, a day after the baby boy was shot dead by the IDF in the southern West Bank city. The IDF expressed 'deep sorrow' over the incident. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
June 7, 2026, 9:41 pm
Military Police probing killing of Palestinian infant by soldier in the West Bank
Decision to open investigation comes after preliminary examination of the killing of 7-month-old Sam Fahd Abou Haikal in Hebron on Friday evening
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Akram Awwad works on a locally manufactured toilet, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
June 7, 2026, 11:59 am
Gazans resort to makeshift toilets amid sanitation crisis in Strip’s vast tent camps
Without a single normal toilet in the camps, residents are forced to use communal latrines or dig their own; efforts by aid groups to supply solutions are limited, while officials blame Hamas for holding up reconstruction
By WAFAA SHURAFA and TOQA EZZIDIN
A damaged apartment in a residential building is seen after an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)
June 4, 2026, 9:35 pm
Senior Hamas officials killed in Gaza strikes, IDF says; 9 Palestinians reported dead
Military targets commanders in Hamas’s general security mechanism; Gaza medics report five members of same family killed
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)
May 29, 2026, 4:39 pm
Displacement, hunger push some desperate families in Gaza to marry off their children
Around 20.6% of marriages in Gaza last year were with girls under 18; many face abuse, rape, and difficult pregnancies
By TOQA EZZIDIN and WAFAA SHURAFA
Khaled Shamlawi near uprooted olive trees in the West Bank village of Haris, on May 13, 2026. (Nurit Yohanan/Times of Israel)
May 24, 2026, 9:04 am
Citing security, IDF appears to sharply accelerate uprooting of West Bank olive trees
Palestinians and activists say the military is razing trees on private land at an unprecedented pace, questioning whether claims they provide cover for attacks justify the widespread campaign
By Nurit Yohanan
Israeli settler Meir Goldmintz walks past a parked bulldozer inside the Sa-Nur settlement, south of Jenin in the West Bank on May 7, 2026. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
May 11, 2026, 4:38 pm
For settlers, reestablishing Sa-Nur in the West Bank is a dream realized
Residents hail the rebirth of the settlement, unilaterally evacuated by Israel as part of the 2025 disengagement plan, as ‘a historic correction’
By Marie DHUMIERES
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