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A Civil Administration excavator uproots a Palestinian olive tree in the northern West Bank, May 7, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 8, 2026, 1:27 am
Smotrich announces uprooting of 3,000 trees planted by Palestinians in northern West Bank
Civil Administration says trees’ removal, latest in a series of such actions, will enable the creation of a new settlement; 3 Palestinians reportedly injured in settler attack
By Jeremy Sharon, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Settlers approach a Palestinian livestock pen in Al-Mirkaz in the South Hebron Hills on April 15, 2026. (Screenshots/X used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
April 16, 2026, 11:09 am
Settlers try to steal Palestinian-owned sheep in Hebron Hills as West Bank violence soars
2 Palestinians reportedly wounded in separate stone-throwing incident near Bethlehem; rights group says 378 attacks carried out during 40 days of Iran war
By Jeremy Sharon, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
A person is seen throwing rocks in a video shared by Hebrew media on April 11, 2026, ostensibly showing the lead-up to a clash that day in which a reservist soldier shot and killed a Palestinian. (Screenshot via Ynet)
April 12, 2026, 4:28 pm
Reservist soldier fatally shoots Palestinian amid alleged rock-throwing near Ramallah
Footage shows settlers stealing sheep, macing Palestinians in South Hebron Hills; mayor of Duma village accuses settlers of hurling Molotov cocktail into kids’ bedroom
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Extremist settler Yinon Levi attends a Knesset Economic Committee meeting after he was sanctioned by the US government, in Jerusalem, February 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2026, 11:02 am
Prosecutors say they’ll indict settler accused of killing Palestinian activist
Yinon Levy to be charged with reckless homicide, with maximum sentence of 12 years, which family of victim Awdah Hathaleen says is insufficient as shooting appeared intentional
By ToI Staff
Footage appears to show settlers cutting down olive trees in the South Hebron Hills, on November 7, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 7, 2025, 7:44 pm
Settlers filmed felling Palestinian olive trees amid string of West Bank attacks
At height of olive harvest season, settlers said to set fire to farmland, destroy livestock feed and assault pickers as IDF troops look on; no arrests reported
By ToI Staff
Assailants smash Mahmoud Dramin's car in the South Hebron Hills on October 27, 2025. (Screen capture: X/masafering)
October 29, 2025, 10:17 pm
Settlers broke into Palestinian home, killed and maimed sheep, owner says
Mahmoud Dramin says 4 relatives hospitalized after attackers sprayed tear gas into his Hebron-area home; footage shows assailants vandalizing car, slain lambs with eyes gouged out
By Nurit Yohanan
Ali al-Dabbaseh, a resident of the West Bank village of Khallet al-Daba, is treated in a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance after he was reportedly assaulted by Israeli settlers overnight on September 5, 2025. (Screenshot/Facebook)
September 5, 2025, 12:52 pm
Armed settlers said to injure at least 14 Palestinians, including infant, elderly couple
Extremists reportedly attack Palestinians with sticks, knives, pepper spray in nighttime raid on southern West Bank village; IDF, police confirm incident; no arrests made
By Charlie Summers
A British activist being questioned by police in a photo released on May 13, 2025. (Police spokesperson)
May 13, 2025, 11:07 am
British activist detained in West Bank, faces deportation over anti-Israel posts
Police arrest woman after she enters closed military zone; Ben Gvir celebrates pending deportation, says those who act against Israel will face ‘an aggressive police’
By Stuart Winer and Charlie Summers
An armed settler seen in the West Bank village of Tuba, April 5, 2025. (Screenshot from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 6, 2025, 11:20 am
Settlers raid Palestinian village in southern West Bank, leave before cops arrive
Around a dozen armed Israelis enter Tuba, intimidate locals in South Hebron Hills where settler violence has surged since Oscar-winning doc brought area international attention
By ToI Staff
Khirbet Zanuta head Faez Tel and Palestinian activists arrive at the abandoned West Bank hamlet of Khirbet Zanuta, March 10, 2024. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)
March 12, 2025, 10:48 am
A handful of residents return to Palestinian hamlet depopulated by settler violence
Khirbet Zanuta head Faez Tel says other residents afraid to return: ‘There is no place left where settlers are not taking land, not making problems’
By Jeremy Sharon
Israeli settlers captured on security camera footage throwing stones at houses in the Palestinian village of Susya, in the southern West Bank on March 2, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
March 6, 2025, 4:17 pm
Settler extremists said to shatter house windows, cars in West Bank Palestinian village
Footage from Sunday night shows one of a dozen masked assailants shouting ‘Ramadan Kareem’ while hurling rock at a house; residents file police complaint, no arrests yet made
By Charlie Summers
Residents of the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta tend to their sheep with their homes in the background, following their return to the dwelling after they fled settler violence last year, August 21, 2024. (Hamdan Ballal / Haqel)
September 9, 2024, 2:02 pm
Israel warns Palestinian village will be demolished if residents refuse to relocate
State revives 2007 demolition orders against Khirbet Zanuta, after High Court ruling last month allowed Palestinian residents who fled settler violence to return
By Jeremy Sharon
A 9,000-year-old stone mask discovered in the South Hebron Hills area of the West Bank in early 2018. (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 6, 2024, 1:12 pm
9,000-year-old stone mask from Hebron Hills on display at Israel Museum
On public view for the first time, the mask is part of the ‘Common Ground: Israeli Art Meets Archaeology’ exhibit, which juxtaposes contemporary art with ancient artifacts
By Gavriel Fiske
Palestinian artist Eid Suleiman Hthaleen is handcuffed and taken away for questioning by IDF soldiers in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair, February 14, 2023. (Courtesy)
February 15, 2024, 2:31 am
Palestinian artist who exhibited with Ai Weiwei arrested during IDF West Bank search
Eid Suleiman Hthaleen handcuffed and blindfolded for five hours before being taken to Kiryat Arba police station, is later released without charge
By Jeremy Sharon
Demolished buildings in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)
December 24, 2023, 7:04 pm
Palestinian villages abandoned due to settler violence declared closed military zones
IDF says villages closed off to prevent friction between Palestinians and settlers, but lawyer for residents says only Israelis should have been barred
By Jeremy Sharon
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