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Nurit Yohanan

Nurit Yohanan

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Karim Sanad Shalaldeh, who was shot dead during an unauthorized settler 'hike' near the Palestinian village of Sa'ir on August 21, 2026. (Courtesy)
August 21, 2026, 5:54 pm
Palestinian teen shot dead after unauthorized settler ‘hike’ near village sparks clashes
17-year-old killed after settlement security coordinator opens fire on Palestinians hurling stones; footage shows building at scene on fire after it was allegedly torched by settlers
By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
The wife of 58-year-old Fathi Khazem, killed trying to stab a soldier during an arrest operation, stands at the bedroom door with others near a pool of his blood at their home in the northern city of Jenin, in the West Bank on August 21, 2026. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
August 21, 2026, 12:58 pm
Palestinian shot dead trying to stab soldier; was father of terrorist who killed 3 in TLV
Military came to arrest Fathi Zidan Hazem, 58, whose son Raad opened fire at a Tel Aviv bar in 2022, killing three; settlers said to torch quarry, no injuries or arrests
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 20, 2026, 10:21 pm
‘Thou shalt not steal’: US envoy warns settlers against seizing Palestinian property
Huckabee says settlers involved could be hit with US sanctions, though adds such measures yet to be mulled; Western nations condemn Israel’s E1 West Bank settlement plan
By Reuters, Nurit Yohanan, Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
The entrance to the Central District Court in Lod. (CC BY-SA Yarin50/Wikipedia)
August 20, 2026, 7:18 pm
Court overturns order barring left-wing Israeli activist from West Bank village
In rare move, judge rejects police position accepted by lower court, asks why IDF reservist Doron Meinert was arrested on suspicion of entering closed military zone and settlers weren’t
By Nurit Yohanan
A crowd of Shia Muslim devotees watches a televised speech by Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on June 26, 2026. (Ibrahim AMRO/AFP)
August 20, 2026, 6:22 pm
Meet Moshe, the nonexistent ‘Israeli thinker’ Hezbollah loves to quote
When terror group chief Naim Qassem cited ‘Yedioth journalist Moshe Yair’ to prove a point in a speech last week, he joined others who have used fictitious Israeli writer to bolster group’s narrative
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian-American Loui Ridi looks out the window of his home, which has been encircled by settlers for more than a week, after gaining access to it, in Qusra, West Bank, August 18, 2026. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
August 19, 2026, 10:35 pm
Israeli settler berates Palestinian American near his besieged West Bank home
After Loui Abu Ridi flies in from US amid extended blockade, extremist steps onto his property despite closed military zone, sparking face-off
By Reuters, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians carry victims away from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted police headquarters in Gaza City on August 19, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)
August 19, 2026, 5:50 pm
At least 10 said killed in Gaza airstrikes that Israel says targeted Hamas commanders
IDF: Strikes in Nuseirat and Gaza City were against terror operatives planning attacks on Israeli troops; UN: More than half of all aid workers killed worldwide in 2025 were in Gaza
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
A Palestinian marked by IDF soldiers during a raid of the northern West Bank village of Qabatiya on August 17, 2026. (Screen capture/X)
August 18, 2026, 4:19 pm
IDF admits to again marking detained Palestinians with numbers during raid, expresses remorse
MK Ahmad Tibi says practice evokes ‘dark times’ after man with ’44’ on his forehead tells media outlets that he was interrogated by Israeli troops
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Footage of a fire reportedly sparked by settlers on the outskirts of the central West Bank Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya on August 17, 2026. (Screen capture/X)
August 18, 2026, 11:32 am
Settlers reported to torch West Bank fields and attack Palestinians overnight
Two Palestinians injured in Beita, child pepper-sprayed near Bethlehem, according to local media; no arrests reported; Israeli activist arrested while assisting Palestinians
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Palestinian-American Louai Abu Ridi, whose home in the West Bank village of in Qusra has been encircled by extremist settlers for more than a week, hangs a US flag with his neighbor, after gaining access to his besieged home, August 17, 2026. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
August 17, 2026, 11:06 pm
Palestinian-American raises US flag upon return to Qusra home besieged by settlers
Louai Abu Ridi, who owns West Bank house that settlers started surrounding over a week ago, urges US embassy to provide him with protection
By Agencies and Nurit Yohanan
Illustrative: Palestinian schoolgirls leave a UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on May 8, 2025, as Israeli security forces prepared to close the school. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
August 16, 2026, 11:44 pm
UNRWA alleges Israeli takeover of agency buildings in East Jerusalem
‘These are not UNRWA properties, but privately owned properties for which the municipality has signed a usage agreement,’ Jerusalem Municipality says
By Nurit Yohanan
Troops seen outside homes that had been besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra in the West Bank, on August 14, 2026. (FLASH90)
August 16, 2026, 2:01 pm
Besieged Palestinians in Qusra homes say IDF now blocking them in, fear settlers will return
Footage seems to show settlers still near W. Bank village, week after siege began; separately, 2 Israelis, 10 Palestinians hurt in Hebron clash allegedly sparked by settler attack
By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli forces stand in front of the entrance of a Palestinian house besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, on August 14, 2026. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH/AFP)
August 14, 2026, 5:37 pm
US said pushing silent Netanyahu to publicly condemn settler violence in Qusra
Katz says he told IDF to plan transfer of full civilian law enforcement in West Bank to police, which is already largely responsible for the matter; residents say activists were blocked from delivering food on sixth day of siege
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Palestinians walk among tents and rubble on the coastal road in Gaza City, in the Strip's north, on August 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 14, 2026, 12:04 am
‘Just like before Oct. 7’: Gaza border surveillance troops say they’re seeing terror activity
Kushner and Mladenov to visit Israel next week to lean on Netanyahu to restore halt on strikes, adhere to humanitarian commitments, in bid to advance Hamas disarmament, source says
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Settlers gesture to the camera as they remain outside the besieged homes of Palestinian residents in Qusra, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, August 13, 2026 (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 13, 2026, 1:02 pm
IDF removes Palestinians from homes for op said aimed at clearing harassing settlers
Army backtracks from evacuation order, but some residents say they still haven’t been allowed back into besieged Qusra home; Huckabee says IDF in Qusra at his request, slams the settlers as ‘Israeli terrorists’
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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