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IDF launches pre-planned drill simulating multifront attack
IDF to impose lockdown on West Bank during Israel’s election
Israeli soldiers close a gate to vehicles during an army operation in Hebron, in the West Bank, October 24, 2026, a day after a Palestinian shooting attack in the area. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
Military bars Palestinians workers from entering settlements this week; Palestinian home taken over by settlers set on fire as troops remove 'Israeli rioters' from village
Screenshot from video of diplomats attacked by settler extremists in the Taybeh area of the West Bank, October 17, 2026. (Amit Orfali via X/@AmitOrfali)
Detention extended of suspect in weekend settler attacks with known history of violence
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Palestinians transport bags of semolina past a military gate closed to vehicles during an Israeli army operation in Hebron, in the West Bank, October 24, 2026, a day after two IDF soldiers were killed by Palestinian gunmen in the area. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
October 24, 2026, 4:58 pm
IDF op in Hebron after soldiers’ killing displaces 2,000, Katz says; PM vows ‘big surprise’ for PA
Palestinian officials declare state of emergency, say another 2,500 face evacuation; op comes day after two Palestinian gunmen from the area killed two IDF soldiers; settler attacks continue amid annual olive harvest
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AFP
Israeli bulldozers demolish a Palestinian building in the West Bank city of Hebron on October 23, 2026. (HAZEM BADER/AFP)
October 24, 2026, 5:56 am
IDF launches major op in Hebron after two soldiers killed in shooting attack
Army says raid is ‘focused and limited to the area from which the terrorists operated’; troops raze ‘illegal structures that could pose security risk,’ which activists decry as collective punishment
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Pinhas Shem Tov Ran, a civilian security coordinator accused of shooting and seriously wounding a Palestinian woman in the West Bank, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court following his indictment, October 23, 2026. (Flash90)
October 23, 2026, 4:40 pm
Settlement security chief charged with shooting Palestinian woman at pirate roadblock
Pinhas Ran allegedly fired toward car after driver, fearing attack, refused baseless demand to show ID and sped off; one bullet lodged itself in passenger’s lung, prosecutors say
By Noam Lehmann
Staff Sgt. Ron Yonatan Roytman (left) and Sgt. Yuval Shai Svilem (right), killed in a shooting attack by Palestinian gunmen near Hebron in the West Bank on October 23, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 23, 2026, 2:30 pm
2 soldiers killed in West Bank shooting; IDF believes Palestinian gunmen planned larger attack
3 injured; shooters killed by troops after 20-minute gunfight; PM calls for destroying shooters’ entire Hebron neighborhood, warns of looming ‘very broad’ IDF op in West Bank unlike anything since Six Day War
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Settler extremists hoists weapons up in the air while dancing at a wedding in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank in October 2026. (Screen capture/X)
October 23, 2026, 2:42 am
Rifle-wielding settler extremists filmed dancing at wedding to anti-Zionist anthem
Separate video shows settlers stealing olives from trees belonging to Palestinians, while police detain foreign activists assisting with harvest for not coordinating their visit
By ToI Staff
US congressional candidate Brad Lander after he was detained during the olive harvest in Nahalin in the West Bank on October 21, 2026. (X/Brad Lander)
October 21, 2026, 9:30 pm
Jewish NY congressional candidate briefly detained while joining Palestinian olive harvest
Police claim Brad Lander and 80 other activists didn’t coordinate, despite IDF maps showing no coordination needed in area; Israel accuses Lander of ‘harvesting headlines’
By Jacob Magid, Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and Agencies
This handout photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing an event celebrating the legalization of West Bank settlement outposts, on August 26, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
October 20, 2026, 6:15 pm
Settler violence harms Israel’s interests. But for PM, halting it could spell political trouble
Netanyahu cast doubt on accounts of Jewish attacks on diplomats, priests and journalists over the weekend. With the election a week away, coalition calculations are taking precedence
By Lazar Berman
Jibril Rajoub arrives to attend a football match between Jabal Al-Mukaber and Shabab Al-Khalil teams during the 'Thousand Martyrs’ Cup' tournament at the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in the West Bank city of Al-Ram, September 4, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
October 20, 2026, 5:03 am
Senior Palestinian official warns West Bank is on the verge of an ‘explosion’
Jibril Rajoub calls for ‘peaceful, nonviolent struggle,’ as UN rights experts demand Israel protect Palestinian farmers from settler attacks during olive harvest
By AFP
Rabbi Dov Lior attends a ceremony honoring late Jewish extremist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane in Jerusalem on November 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 19, 2026, 4:30 pm
Police examine complaint against rabbi’s ruling letting Jews harvest on Palestinian land
Rabbis for Human Rights accuses prominent Religious Zionist Rabbi Dov Lior, 92, of incitement to racism and soliciting theft of property; complaint comes amid surge in settler violence
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Police arresting a suspect in a settler attack in the West Bank, October 19, 2026. (Israel Police video screenshot)
October 19, 2026, 11:07 am
Police arrest 11 suspects after West Bank settler attacks on journalist, EU diplomats
Rare police action against settlers follows days of international pressure over high-profile assaults; meanwhile, new attacks by Jewish extremists reported
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Riley Barnes and US Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch visit the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh near Ramallah, a day after Israeli settlers attacked a French mayor and European diplomats during the olive harvest, in the West Bank, October 18, 2026. (Mohamad Torokman/ Reuters)
October 18, 2026, 10:33 pm
US officials visit Palestinian village after settler attacks on diplomats
US assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor and US ambassador to the Holy See visit Latin Convent Church in Taybeh; Huckabee attends settler conference
By Reuters
Synagogues defaced with anti-Israel graffiti in, clockwise from top left, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Olney, Maryland; Barcelona, Spain; Wynnewood, Pennsylvania; and Los Angeles, California. (Lonny Goldsmith/TC Jewfolk; fbi.gov; Comunidad Judía de Barcelona; Jada Eldrich and Lisa Daftari/Twitter)
October 18, 2026, 6:31 pm
Defense think tank: Gaza war, West Bank violence making life harder for Jews abroad
Co-author of INSS report optimistic that elections will lead to a new government that will be more attentive to security concerns
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Vehicles at the site where Belgium's foreign minister says masked settlers attacked Western diplomats and officials near Taybeh, in the West Bank, on October 17, 2026. (Emad Diab/via REUTERS)
October 18, 2026, 6:26 pm
EU demands ‘full accountability’ after settler attack on diplomats in West Bank
European bloc also calls for ‘effective measures’ to prevent further attacks during olive harvest season, amid reports of new assaults on Sunday
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a reception marking the opening of the Colombian Embassy in Jerusalem, held at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, October 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 17, 2026, 10:26 pm
Amid outrage, Netanyahu claims no ‘compelling evidence’ settlers attacked European diplomats
Despite images from scene of attack and IDF condemnation, PM suggests incident could be part of ‘coordinated smear campaign’; Belgium to push for EU sanctions on those involved
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Agencies
Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine at Beilinson Hospital, in Petah Tikva, October 17, 2026. (Channel 12 news screenshot)
October 17, 2026, 7:38 pm
Washington Post photojournalist beaten by settlers slams Netanyahu after surgery on nearly detached finger
From her hospital bed, Heidi Levine says PM’s suggestion that settlers were trying to help her up is ‘such a lie and the biggest insult’; Huckabee decries ‘despicable act of terror’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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