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Palestinian girls take part in a soccer practice session at a pitch next to Israel's security barrier in Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, December 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
January 13, 2026, 7:08 pm
‘This will destroy our dreams’: Israel slates West Bank soccer field for demolition
Israel says pitch built illegally in area next to security barrier; residents say Aida refugee camp does not have any other open spaces for recreation
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A Palestinian man suspected of spiriting a young girl over the West Bank security barrier (left) seen after being arrested by Israeli police in footage released on January 4, 2026. (Israel Police)
January 4, 2026, 7:10 pm
West Bank Palestinian arrested for lowering girl over barrier into Israel by rope
Police say man suspected of ‘smuggling infiltrators’ into Israel and ‘abusing a helpless person’
By Charlie Summers
The border between Israel and Jordan on the Route 90 highway in the Jordan Valley, July 6, 2017. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90/ File)
November 26, 2024, 11:39 am
Israel announces preliminary work on fence along entire border with Jordan
Defense Ministry ordered by Katz to begin engineering planning, including environmental survey and installation of surveillance infrastructure, along 309-kilometer border
By Emanuel Fabian
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman visits a broken section of the West Bank barrier near the central town of Matan, March 31, 2022. (Courtesy)
April 1, 2022, 1:54 am
‘Significant failure’: State comptroller visits broken West Bank border fence
‘This is how a terrorist can get from Jenin to Bnei Brak in an hour,’ Englman says, urging Israeli lawmakers to ‘come to their senses’ amid deadly terror wave
By Emanuel Fabian and Tobias Siegal
Screen capture from video showing a Palestinian bride and groom crossing into Israel through a gap in the West Bank security fence. (Twitter)
December 6, 2021, 11:22 am
Clip shows Palestinian newlyweds openly crossing via gap in West Bank security fence
Bride, groom and celebrants seen walking in broad daylight through wide opening in barrier en route to party in Israel, highlighting lack of border control
By Stuart Winer
Arab women enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv on August 4, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 13, 2020, 4:58 am
Israel said barring Palestinians again after turning blind eye for beach weekend
West Bank residents trying to cross border reportedly turned away with tear gas and smoke grenades after thousands entered last week with tacit approval from Israeli authorities
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestinian hurls stones at Israeli troops during clashes near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on May 10, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)
May 24, 2019, 8:30 pm
16 Gazans said hurt in weekly border clashes
Some 4,000 demonstrate near security fence in an unusually low turnout, likely due to scorching heat wave and Ramadan fast
By ToI Staff
Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, speaks to foreign correspondents in his office in Gaza City, May 10, 2018. (Khalil Hamra/AP)
April 6, 2019, 4:30 pm
Hamas leader: ‘If there is a war, Israel will need to evacuate Tel Aviv’
Amid ceasefire talks, Yahya Sinwar says he is grateful for efforts by Egypt to ease the blockade on Gaza, but warns Hamas will be the ‘sword and shield’ for its people
By ToI Staff
Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas canisters fired by Israeli forces during clashes amid a mass demonstration marking the first anniversary of the March of Return protests, near the border with Israel east of Gaza City on March 30, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
April 5, 2019, 6:39 pm
Over 10,000 Palestinians protest at Gaza border, 70 injured
One person in critical condition; ahead of the rallies organizers and armed factions had reportedly called to avoid violence, amid ceasefire talks
By ToI Staff
Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas canisters fired by Israeli forces during clashes amid a mass demonstration marking the first anniversary of the March of Return protests, near the border with Israel east of Gaza City on March 30, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
April 4, 2019, 6:55 pm
Friday’s Gaza protests to be nonviolent amid emerging truce, organizers say
Source tells Israeli broadcaster demonstrators have been instructed not to launch incendiary balloons; nighttime ‘confusion units’ called off
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers gather at a position on the border with the Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel on March 30, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 3, 2019, 11:48 pm
IDF shoots three Gazans sneaking into Israel with knives
Palestinians taken to an Israeli hospital after breaching security fence from enclave, army says
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian men clear the rubble at the site of a Israeli air strike near an seaport under construction, near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 9, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
March 10, 2019, 2:28 am
Israeli jets strike Hamas targets after mortar launched from Gaza
IDF says aircraft hit naval vessels belonging to terror group and military site in northern Strip, day after mortar and suspected balloon-borne bomb launched at Israel
By ToI Staff
Palestinian rockets are shot toward Israel from Gaza on November 12, 2018. (AP/Hatem Moussa)
March 9, 2019, 9:03 pm
Mortar shell fired at southern Israel from Gaza for second time in two days
No reports of injury or damage as projectile hits Eshkol region field near Gaza; attack continues violent weekend as mediators seek to soothe tensions
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
A screenshot from Channel 13 showing a cluster of balloons with what appears to be a warhead, Match 9, 2019.
March 9, 2019, 5:01 pm
Incendiary balloons carrying missile warhead land in Israel-Gaza border area
Police sappers initiate controlled explosion in Sdot Negev Regional Council, where device lands; no injuries reported
By ToI Staff
A section of the security barrier around the West Bank village of Anata near Jerusalem that collapsed after a rainstorm on February 27, 2019. (Screen capture)
February 27, 2019, 9:43 pm
Section of West Bank barrier near Jerusalem collapses in rainstorm
Residents of abutting Palestinian village cheer the falling of the wall; Border Police say they will step up patrols in the area
By Judah Ari Gross
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