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In this handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO), Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas votes during the elections for the new central committee of the Fatah movement during their Eighth General Conference in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank on May 16, 2026. (Thaer Ghanaim/PPO/AFP)
July 9, 2026, 6:40 pm
Abbas declares first Palestinian legislative elections since 2006 to be held Nov. 28
PA president signs decree days before EU donor conference, hoping Brussels will see it as fulfillment of reform pledges, provide funds badly needed following Israeli sanctions
By AFP and Jacob Magid
The first day of Ramallah's Contemporary Arts Festival in the West Bank, July 6, 2026. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 6, 2026, 6:03 pm
West Bank arts fest returns for first time since Gaza war, in ‘act of resistance’
‘Without music and joy, for me there is no life,’ says participant, as Palestinian and Arab Israeli artists take part in 11-day celebration of Palestinian identity in Ramallah
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Christians cast their votes in local elections at a polling station in Bethlehem, West Bank, April 25, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
April 25, 2026, 11:05 pm
Turnout low as Palestinians in West Bank and part of Gaza vote in local elections
Only 21.2% of registered voters cast ballots in Strip’s Deir el-Balah area, with first vote there since 2006 seen largely as a test for possible future polls
By AFP and ToI Staff
An IDF soldier walks with his weapon on a street during a military raid in the West Bank village of al-Yamun, near Jenin, February 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
February 17, 2026, 8:15 pm
IDF, police nab four ISIS-linked jihadists in West Bank said to plan terror attack
Three suspects arrested last week, then another on Monday in raids on Jericho; separately, commandos detain Palestinian arms dealer in Ramallah
By Emanuel Fabian
Rafidia Surgical Hospital, Sept. 6, 2024, in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AP /Aref Tufaha)
February 11, 2026, 12:38 pm
Israel bars entry of 5-year-old from West Bank for cancer care, citing Gaza address
Doctors say Palestinian child must begin intensive treatment ‘without delay’ as his life is in immediate danger; boy’s mother describes ruling as ‘death sentence’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car in Herzliya, August 15, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
January 25, 2026, 4:17 pm
Palestinian driver critically injured near Ramallah; police say he sped at officers
Police claim officer fired at vehicle after it accelerated toward him, causing man to crash into roadblock
By Noam Lehmann
A collage of screengrabs taken from a social media video showing a charred home in the Palestinian town of al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya, after an apparent settler attack, December 2, 2025. (X)
December 24, 2025, 9:38 pm
Palestinian home in West Bank burned, vandalized in apparent settler attack
Attackers torch house in town of al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya, vandalize it with ‘price tag’ grafitti; no injuries reported
By Noam Lehmann
Mourners pray over the body of 15-year-old Palestinian Yamen Hamed who was killed by Israeli forces, during his funeral in Silwad, near the city of Ramallah in West Bank on October 31, 2025. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
October 31, 2025, 10:49 pm
Palestinian teen killed by IDF in clashes near Ramallah; IDF says he had ‘flaming object’
PA names victim as 15-year-old Yamen Hamed of Silwad; settlers attack several towns, torch vehicles, while video shows settlers killing sheep in farm by Hebron earlier in the week
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinian men play cards together at a coffee shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 22, 2025. (John Wessels/AFP)
September 23, 2025, 6:48 am
West Bank Palestinians shrug off France’s statehood recognition: ‘What will this bring us?’
Some welcome Macron’s decision to recognize Palestinian state while urging ‘additional steps’ such as ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
By AFP and ToI Staff
Makeshift rockets found by IDF troops during a raid in the Ramallah area of the West Bank, early September 19, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 19, 2025, 1:23 pm
IDF busts West Bank terror cell manufacturing rockets to be launched at Israel
Military says troops operating near Ramallah found dozens of rocket parts and two completed rockets that did not yet have a warhead; three suspects arrested
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers conduct a raid in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on August 26, 2025. (Zain Jaafar / AFP)
August 26, 2025, 6:15 pm
IDF troops raid Ramallah money changer accused of funding Hamas activities
Military says five suspects arrested, hundreds of thousands of shekels seized, troops fired shots at stone-throwers; Red Crescent says 14 wounded, including seven by live rounds
By Stav Levaton and AFP
Demonstrators rally in the West Bank city of Nablus in support of Palestinians detained by Israel and against the war in Gaza, August 3, 2025. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
August 3, 2025, 6:25 pm
Palestinians rally across West Bank for detainees in Israeli jails, against Gaza war
Protesters dress as skeletons, hoist bloodied bundles to symbolize starving children; mother of Palestinian detained in Megiddo prison says he suffers from scabies, lost 10 kilos
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli troops storm a currency exchange shop next to signs warning people not to deal with the Gulf exchange company in Hebron in the southern West Bank on May 27, 2025. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
May 27, 2025, 6:17 pm
Israel launches anti-terror raids on West Bank money changers
Raids reported in Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Tubas; Palestinians say 1 killed, 20 treated for tear gas inhalation, 3 for rubber bullet wounds, after clashes break out
By AFP and Emanuel Fabian
Members of an alleged terror cell said by the Shin Bet on February 6, 2025, to have been arrested for a plot to bomb a Jerusalem bus in late 2024: (Top row left to right): Ahmad Jassar Ali, Mundhir Sheikh Qassem; (bottom row left to right), Bashir Awad, Omar Subah, and Ali Shweiki (Shin Bet)
February 6, 2025, 3:48 pm
Shin Bet says it foiled Jerusalem bus bombing late last year
Five-person cell composed of Fatah and Hamas members arrested before they could put plan into action; security officials seize bomb and submachine gun
By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers
Footage purportedly shows a fire in the village of Khirbet Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, which locals say was started by extremist settlers, January 10, 2025. (X screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2025, 2:49 pm
Settlers riot in West Bank village for 3rd time in days after terror shooting
Farm building set on fire near Ramallah, ‘revenge’ scrawled in Hebrew on wall; no arrests made in nighttime revenge raids amid videos of burning cars, property
By ToI Staff
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