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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
Illustrative: Israeli settlers clash with security forces in the West Bank on November 17, 2025. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
December 4, 2025, 4:32 pm
Dozens of masked Israelis riot, hurl stones after illegal West Bank outpost evacuated
Four settlers reportedly beat Palestinian man near Ramallah; 64-year-old man said assaulted by settlers near Jordan border crossing; Palestinian farmers said attacked near Hebron
By Emanuel Fabian and Noam Lehmann
First responders at the Tunnels Checkpoint near Jerusalem, where an off-duty soldier shot a Palestinian suspected of attempting to cross into Israel illegally, November 27, 2025. (Courtesy; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 28, 2025, 2:55 am
Off-duty soldier shoots Palestinian near Jerusalem who tried to enter Israel illegally
Police say off-duty soldier mistook effort to detain Palestinians entering Israel illegally as a security incident at the flashpoint site on Route 60
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a car-ramming terror attack where two teens were injured, on a West Bank highway near Jerusalem. September 30, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 30, 2025, 4:07 pm
Two teens injured in car-ramming terror attack on West Bank highway near Jerusalem
Terrorist from nearby Palestinian town, is shot dead at scene by senior reservist officer; military says he also attempted knifing
By Emanuel Fabian
A view of Route 60 in the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank, April 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 30, 2025, 10:36 pm
Policeman shoots, wounds masked Israeli teen throwing rocks at cars in West Bank
Officer fired warning shot at suspects stoning cars caught in traffic jam on Route 60; they then pelted him with rocks, prompting him to fire at them
By Emanuel Fabian
Scene of a fatal road accident on Route 60 in the West Bank, January 17, 2024. (Magen David Adom)
January 17, 2024, 10:11 am
Soldier killed, four injured in West Bank collision between jeep and truck
Route 60 closed in both directions near Gush Etzion; separately, fugitive driver bolting police kills father and son in crash
By ToI Staff
The scene of a shooting attack at a West Bank checkpoint south of Jerusalem on November 16, 2023 (Israel Police)
November 16, 2023, 10:38 am
Soldier killed, 5 wounded in attack by gunmen at West Bank checkpoint near Jerusalem
Terrorists killed after opening fire at ‘tunnels’ checkpoint on Route 60; police: Axes, guns, ammo, IDF uniform found in their car; police chief: They planned large-scale ‘massacre’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
An Israel Police cruiser that hit an uninvolved car during a chase, causing injuries to six people, July 14, 2023. (Rescuers Without Borders. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 15, 2023, 7:42 am
Girl, 8, seriously injured as police car hits uninvolved vehicle during chase
Six people hurt, including two officers in pursuit of suspected motorcycle thieves; two suspects later arrested
By ToI Staff
View of a car burned by Jewish settlers during riots in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
February 27, 2023, 1:21 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 27: After murder of Israeli brothers, a ‘pogrom’ in Huwara
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on how Knesset chaos is being reflected in the streets; military reporter Emanuel Fabian on shooting of Hallel and Yagel Yaniv and violent aftermath
By ToI Staff
A bus damaged by gunfire along Route 60 near the West Bank town of Halhul on January 15, 2023. (Courtesy)
January 15, 2023, 5:36 pm
Bus traveling between Kiryat Arba and Jerusalem comes under gunfire
No injuries in attack on Route 60, near West Bank city of Halhul; police briefly close off area as troops launch manhunt
By Emanuel Fabian
The site of a car accident in Mazkeret Batya, central Israel, December 9, 2022. (United Hatzalah)
December 9, 2022, 6:05 pm
Four killed in three road accidents in central Israel, West Bank
Electric bike rider dies after being hit by bus in Mazkeret Batya; woman in her 50s dies in multi-car crash near Karmei Yosef; car fatally hits 2 construction workers on Route 60
By ToI Staff
The site of a car crash on Route 60 near Jerusalem, December 9, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
December 9, 2022, 8:29 am
Two men run over and killed in apparent accident near Jerusalem
Victims found with multisystem injuries and pronounced dead on the scene
By ToI Staff
A view of Route 60 in the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank, April 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 6, 2022, 8:12 am
One critically and one seriously injured in crash on West Bank’s deadly Route 60
Collision between truck and car leaves another three wounded a week after woman killed on same highway
By ToI Staff
Emergency services at the scene of a deadly road accident on Route 60 in the West Bank, October 31, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
October 31, 2022, 4:29 pm
Woman killed, 8-year-old girl seriously hurt in West Bank traffic accident
Victim identified as Har Brakha resident Keren Ora Yoskovitch; baby lightly injured; two others also hurt in collision on Route 60, near Ariel settlement
By ToI Staff
Matan Tsinman (Courtesy)
July 28, 2022, 9:25 am
6-year-old Israeli boy killed, 6 injured in West Bank car crash
Mother, hospitalized, says Palestinian vehicle swerved into her lane; 3 siblings also hurt; mom says crash was terror attack, although no indication from security services
By Sara Serfaty
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