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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Yitzhar

Issachar Manne is seen opening a bottle of wine in his settlement in the West Bank, in this screen capture from a YouTube video posted September 1, 2022. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 17, 2025, 10:39 pm
Biden aides admit they mistakenly targeted 2 US citizens immune from settler sanctions
Officials tell ToI vetting process failed to identify pair accused of violence against Palestinians as dual nationals ineligible for targeting under executive order signed by US president
By Jacob Magid
Bashar Eid, a Palestinian olive farmer and resident of the West Bank village of Burin, stands amid his olive trees next to his home with the illegal settlement outpost of Givat Ronen in the background. Olive groves belonging to Eid went up in flames on September 11. Eid and other villagers allege Israeli extremists who came from the nearby settlement of Yitzhar set the olive groves on fire, September 12, 2024. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)
September 21, 2024, 2:06 pm
Smoke point: A Palestinian olive farmer despairs after hundreds of trees set ablaze
After over a year of access to his lands blocked, this year’s coming harvest offered hope, now shattered; though video of apparent arsonists exists, authorities not investigating
By Jeremy Sharon
The scene of a vehicle-ramming attack near the West Bank settlement of Givat Assaf on September 11, 2024. Inset: Staff Sgt. Geri Gideon Hanghal, who was killed in the attack. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90; Israel Defense Forces)
September 11, 2024, 1:42 pm
IDF soldier killed as Palestinian tanker rams West Bank bus stop
Footage shows truck careening full speed into guard post near recently legalized Givat Assaf settlement; 7 Palestinians said killed in separate airstrikes on Tubas and Tulkarem
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF troops search for a Palestinian who stabbed a soldier in the northern West Bank, May 16, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 16, 2024, 1:53 pm
Israeli soldier moderately hurt in West Bank stabbing; assailant caught
Three Islamic Jihad gunmen killed overnight during IDF operation in Tulkarem; troops raid offices allegedly used to fund terror
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
This handout image from the IDF shows the knife used in a stabbing attack at Yitzhar Junction in the West Bank on March 5, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 5, 2024, 5:53 pm
Soldier seriously hurt in West Bank stabbing attack; assailant shot dead
Troops kill teenage stabber at Yitzhar Junction; overnight, soldiers nab prominent terror operative planning ‘imminent’ attack; IDF probing death of Palestinian boy
By Emanuel Fabian
A car (L) and homes allegedly torched by settlers in the northern West Bank on February 12, 2024. (Screen capture/X; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2024, 12:24 am
Settlers reportedly shoot two Palestinians, torch cars in latest West Bank attacks
Man and boy hospitalized after perpetrators said to descend from Yitzhar, fire shots, throw stones and clash with Palestinian residents in Asira al-Qibliya
By ToI Staff
Police and Civil Administration official take apart an illegally construction memorial and lookout point near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, September 4, 2023. (Courtesy)
September 4, 2023, 12:55 pm
Police demolish illegal settler structures, prompting outrage from coalition members
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, also responsible for much of West Bank settlement activity, comes under fire as memorial to teenager slain in terror attack is removed
By Stuart Winer
Settlers from Yitzhar walk away from a fire started on fields belonging to the Palestinian village of Burin on July 29, 2023. (Screen capture/Yesh Din)
July 29, 2023, 6:51 pm
Settlers from flashpoint West Bank settlement said to torch Palestinian field
COGAT changes enforcement policy against illegally dug Palestinians wells, after Israel panned over video showing one serving hamlets not connected to grid being filled with cement
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Screenshot from a video of settlers firing at the West Bank village of Umm Safa on June 24, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 12, 2023, 8:38 pm
Soldier, civilian charged with terror offenses over West Bank rioting
Yedidya Siani, 22, accused of assault on Palestinian home containing mother, four children; David Oved, 30, indicted over vandalism at mosque where he allegedly defaced Quran books
By ToI Staff
A field of fire during clashes between Palestinians and settlers near the Palestinian village of Qusra in the West Bank on June 22, 2023. (Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 8:19 pm
IDF spokesman slams settler riots that ‘create terror’; far-right MK: It was a protest
MK Simcha Rothman compares rioters in Turmus Ayya to demonstrators against judicial overhaul
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hilltop youth in the central West Bank Inbalim outpost on July 28, 2009. (Matanya Tausig/FLASH90)
February 25, 2023, 9:34 am
Shin Bet chief said to blame tiny minority for settler attacks on Palestinians
Amid spike in violence, Bar tells conference vast majority of settlers are ‘super normative and law-abiding’
By ToI Staff
The settlement of Yitzhar, in the West Bank on October 31, 2019. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
February 20, 2023, 12:15 pm
Police arrest 5 settlers over clash with IDF soldiers, torching of Palestinian car
Four suspects are residents of hardline Yizhar settlement; residents accuse military of using unnecessary force, claim men are innocent
By ToI Staff
Settlers confront soldiers near the West Bank village of Urif, February 15, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)
February 16, 2023, 9:48 pm
IDF: Settlers attack troops, block chase of suspects who torched Palestinian car
Military says soldiers physically assaulted by group near Urif in northern West Bank, some tried to break into army vehicle
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers operate in the West Bank, August 24, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 29, 2022, 1:12 am
IDF says shots fired at two military posts in West Bank, with no injuries
Military launches hunt for gunmen, amid uptick in attacks
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Masked men, allegedly Israeli settlers, wield clubs during what eyewitnesses and police called an attack on Palestinians seeking to harvest olives near Surif, on November 12, 2021. (Credit: Shai Kendler)
March 28, 2022, 1:10 pm
After Hadera attack, reports of settler vandalism and assault on elderly Palestinian
Three suspected hate crimes reported in Palestinian towns in West Bank; unrest follows deaths of two Border Police officers in Islamic State terror shooting in Hadera
By ToI Staff
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