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West Bank shooting attacks

Israeli security forces inspect the scene of a shooting attack near Homesh, in the West Bank, on December 16, 2021. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)
February 6, 2026, 1:00 pm
Palestinians handed life sentences for deadly 2007, 2021 West Bank terror attacks
IDF court also orders Ali Dandis, behind killing of 2 off-duty soldiers, to compensate families with $1.6 million; Islamic Jihad gunman involved in Homesh shooting to pay $640,000
By Emanuel Fabian
Awdah Hathaleen (left) with Mattan Berner Kadish (right) and Hathaleen's son (center) in Umm al-Khair. (Courtesy)
July 31, 2025, 8:28 pm
‘A man of peace’: Israeli and Jewish peace activists mourn Awdah Hathaleen
Palestinian educator who featured in Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’ is remembered as a caring friend who chose dialogue over violence, after a settler under sanctions allegedly shot him at close range
By Ariela Karmel
Israeli soldiers search a Palestinian village next to the West Bank settlement of Bruchin, the morning after a Palestinian gunman killed Tzeela Gez (seen in the insert photo), who was on her way to the hospital to give birth, May 15, 2025. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo and courtesy)
May 22, 2025, 1:13 am
IDF: Hamas terrorist killed in West Bank on Saturday shot dead pregnant woman last week
Naael Samarah killed Tzeela Gez, 30, while she was headed to hospital to give birth, also wounded her husband; baby, born in emergency C-section, named Ravid Haim, which she chose
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers search a Palestinian village next to the West Bank settlement of Bruchin, the morning after a Palestinian gunman killed Tzeela Gez, who was on her way to the hospital to give birth, May 15, 2025. (AP /Maya Alleruzzo)
May 18, 2025, 12:46 am
IDF kills Palestinian who charged at troops, may be linked to murder of pregnant woman
Army also arrests others in West Bank’s Bruqin suspected of involvement in Wednesday’s terror shooting that killed Tzeela Gez, who had been heading to hospital to give birth
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
The scene of a Palestinian terror shooting attack on Route 446 between the Bruchin and Pedu'el settlements on May 14, 2025. Inset: Tzeela Gez, who was killed in the attack (Magen David Adom; courtesy)
May 15, 2025, 5:52 am
Israeli mother en route to hospital to give birth killed in West Bank terror shooting
Tzeela Gez succumbs to wounds after doctors perform emergency C-section to deliver baby who is in serious condition; husband, who was driving, lightly wounded; gunman sought; Hamas praises ‘heroic’ act
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Security forces at the scene of a shooting attack near the Reihan checkpoint in the northern West Bank, May 7, 2025. (Courtesy)
May 7, 2025, 11:51 pm
3 soldiers wounded, 2 seriously, in West Bank attacks
Two reservists come under fire close to Reihan checkpoint; moments later, Palestinian rams car and stabs soldiers near Hebron
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF troops operate in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, February 3, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
March 19, 2025, 11:40 am
Governor of Tulkarem: I could have tackled the armed groups here; Israel wouldn’t let me
PA’s Abdallah Kmeil claims Israel wants to keep the PA weak; he doesn’t condemn Hamas’s October 7 slaughter but says he’s become less extreme and wants peace
By Nurit Yohanan
A car that came under fire in a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Ariel, March 12, 2025. (Samaria Regional Council)
March 13, 2025, 1:53 am
Israeli civilian moderately wounded in West Bank shooting attack
Troops search for assailant who shot 18-year-old driver near Ariel settlement after reportedly first using a laser to temporarily blind him
By Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. Maj. (res.) Avraham Tzvi Tzvika Friedman (left) and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ofer Yung (right), who were killed in a shooting attack at a West Bank army post on February 4, 2025 (Courtesy)
February 4, 2025, 11:49 am
2 soldiers killed, 8 hurt in shooting attack at IDF checkpoint in northern West Bank
Palestinian gunman breaches military post near Tayasir, exchanges fire with troops for several minutes until he is killed; Palestinians later report drone strike nearby
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security forces and paramedics are seen following a deadly terror shooting attack targeting a bus in the West Bank, early December 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean); inset: Yehoshua Aharon, 10, who was critically hurt in the attack and died following it (Courtesy)
December 12, 2024, 4:42 am
Young boy killed, several bus passengers wounded in West Bank terror shooting
Jerusalem hospital declares death of Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simha, 12, after he’s critically hurt in attack; 3 victims treated for moderate and light wounds; gunman turns himself in
By Alexander Fulbright and Emanuel Fabian
Police at the scene where three Israelis were killed in a terror shooting attack at Allenby Bridge, a crossing between West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 8, 2024, 2:41 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 8: Day 338 – IDF ‘very focused’ on new war goal as 3 killed at Allenby
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on this morning’s lethal shooting at border with Jordan, the death of an American activist in the West Bank and updates on war in Gaza and north
By ToI Staff
First Sgt. Roni Shakuri (left) and his daughter, First Sgt. Mor Shakuri. (Israel Police)
September 1, 2024, 6:07 pm
Policeman killed in West Bank shooting was father of officer killed on Oct. 7
First. Sgt. Roni Shakuri’s brother-in-law says bereaved father had just begun smiling again after recent sailing trip; daughter Mor fell in battle at Sderot police station
By ToI Staff
Pictures of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are displayed by their families and friends as they protest outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, August 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
September 1, 2024, 3:15 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 1: Day 331 – Israel shattered as 6 murdered hostages’ bodies recovered
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian describes the IDF operations in Gaza and updates us on a wave of terror attacks in the West Bank that saw 3 police officers killed this morning
By ToI Staff
A neighborhood in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, July 5, 2017. (AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser/ File)
August 12, 2024, 11:00 pm
Israeli man seriously wounded, 2 Palestinians hurt in West Bank terror shooting
Terrorist, who was released in November hostage deal with Hamas, shot dead by IDF brigade commander after trying to flee scene in Qalqilya
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror shooting attack in the Jordan Valley, on August 11, 2024; inset: Yonatan Deutsch, who was killed in the attack, (Michael Giladi/Flash90; courtesy)
August 11, 2024, 6:32 pm
Civilian killed, another hurt in Jordan Valley terror attack; IDF hunting for shooters
Victim named as Yonatan Deutsch, 23, from Beit She’an; initial probe finds assailants used an assault rifle; troops search for terrorists; wounded man in moderate condition
By Emanuel Fabian
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