West Bank

Iran fires major missile salvo ahead of Passover, Trump says Iran asked for ceasefire

IAF strikes 400 Iranian targets in two days • IDF chief warns of manpower crisis • Iran attacks cause fires in Kuwait, Bahrain

MDA responder views destruction from Iranian missile attack, April 1 2026
Royal Jordianian honor guards march in Amman, in February. For Jordan, the ‘peace through strength’ paradigm is not a promise of stability, but a source of deep anxiety, the writer says.

Israel’s military victories spark anxiety in Jordan despite security cooperation - opinion

NETZAH YEHUDA Battalion seen before a swearing in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, June 11, 2025.

Ultra-Orthodox IDF reserve battalion was not suspended after CNN incident, CEO says

An IDF soldier and tank operate in southern Lebanon on March 21, 2026.

IDF destroys launchers used in Hezbollah barrage, Netanyahu says Iranian regime weaker than ever


Settler violence spikes amid Iran war, Herzog responds to Diaspora Jews' call for action

Diaspora Jews called on Herzog to advocate for change with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right ministers, who have not interceded to stop the violence.

Boys stand near graffiti, which Palestinians say was written by Israeli settlers, near Hebron.

IDF kills suspected terrorist after attempted vehicle ramming

The suspected terrorist was reportedly accelerating his vehicle towards the soldiers in a way which posed an immediate threat to them.

 Police and security personnel at the scene of a shooting attack at a checkpoint near Jerusalem, November 16, 2023

IDF suspending Netzah Yehuda reservists, not just company involved, following CNN team debacle

The IDF says it opposes the battalion's full disbandment, which is considered one of the flagship projects for integrating haredim into the military.

 A soldier from the primarily Orthodox and haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Netzah Yehuda Battalion during a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, June 11, 2025.

IDF Chief of Staff suspends battalion that accosted CNN news team in West Bank

The battalion’s operational deployment will be suspended until it has undergone “a process aimed at reinforcing its professional and ethical foundations,” the IDF wrote. 

The IDF detained a group of CNN journalists in the West Bank on Friday, as shown by footage from the US-based news outlet. March 28, 2026.

IDF detains CNN journalists in the West Bank, one crew member injured, cameras damaged

IDF soldiers detained a CNN crew covering settler violence for at least two hours. One photographer was injured, and his camera was damaged.

Israeli forces demolish a home in Tarqumiya, in the West Bank on February 1, 2026.

IDF arrests 80 wanted individuals, seizes weapons during West Bank operations

The IDF completed multiple operations in the West Bank, arresting 80 wanted individuals, seizing firearms and drones, and addressing rising violence amid settler attacks in the region.

IDF forces conduct offensive operations in the West Bank. March 28, 2026.

Huge Iranian missile fragments, intercepted by air defenses, lay scattered across Israel, West Bank

Iran has launched hundreds of missiles towards Israel since the start of the war, fragments of which are four to five meters long and have landed in school playgrounds.

A girl poses for a picture next to the remnants of a missile stuck in the ground found in Kifl Haris village, near Nablus in the West Bank, March 24, 2026.

Jewish extremist attacks in the West Bank threaten Israel’s legitimacy - opinion

West Bank violence by extremists threatens Israel’s international standing amid its high-stakes war with Iran.

Cleaning the Dizengoff fountain from old photographs of the victims of the Octoner 7 massacre, and placing new ones ahead of the 2 year memorial of the massacre, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2025.

Hundreds of Diaspora leaders call for action against ‘Jewish-extremist terror in the West Bank’

“Mr. President, the terror, death, and destruction inflicted by Jewish-Israeli extremists against innocent Palestinians across the West Bank is an abomination,” says an open letter published Thursday

The scene where vehicles and homes were set on fire following an attack by extremist Jewish settlers on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 23, 2026.

US Jews are realizing that Netanyahu can handle war better than Trump can - comment

There is always noise around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is always noise around US President Donald Trump. Then a war comes, and the static drops.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.