Israel has occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River since the 1967 Middle East war, building and expanding Jewish settlements there that most countries consider illegal, an assertion Israel rejects.

Israel is applying many of the tactics used in its war on Gaza to seize and control territory across the occupied West Bank during its Operation Iron Wall campaign, a new report says. Israel ...

A map showing the area of Gush Etzion Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in relation to Jerusalem. Google Maps/ Newsweek. As of May 2024, the 143 U.N. member countries voted in favor ...

The Israel Defense Forces launched a major campaign - “Operation Iron Wall” - focused on the northern West Bank last month. That operation, Israel’s defense minister said last month, was ...

Israel’s military sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than two decades as it expanded operations in the territory on Sunday in a move decried by Palestinian ...

As Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 people, nears one year, assaults in the occupied West Bank continue, with at least 703 people killed by Israeli forces since October 7.

What To Know. Israel's military has intensified operations in the northern West Bank, particularly in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams refugee camps.

While a cease-fire is in effect with the Palestinian Hamas in the south, the Israeli military ramped up its operations over the weekend against terrorists in the north and west, Israel Defense Forc… ...

Israel's military is also intensifying an offensive against a Palestinian militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank, deploying tanks there for the first time in more than two decades.

Israel is applying many of the tactics used in its war on Gaza to seize and control territory across the occupied West Bank during its Operation Iron Wall campaign, a new report [pdf] says. Israel ...

Israel has published plans for a new settlement in the occupied West Bank, the country's finance minister announced Wednesday, a month after the United Nation's top court deemed Israeli ...