https://sagire.online/topic/west-bank/ West Bank: articles and notes where the territory is a central actor. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:48:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/72ad4c27/https://sagire.online/wire/72ad4c27/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:23:00 -0300Israeli President Isaac Herzog sent a warning letter last month to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials about a “highly explosive and dangerous reality” in the West Bank and the “moral disgrace” of settler violence, according to the Times of Israel, which says it obtained the letter. The letter was also sent to Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, and says that IDF commanders, police officers and Shin Bet personnel report “limited tools and a shortage of manpower”. Herzog warned that a flare-up on the ground is liable to carry “severe and far-reaching consequences” for Israel's security, its functioning as a sovereign state, its international standing, Diaspora Jewry and the Israeli economy. He called for the perpetrators to be treated as members of a criminal organization and for a plan with a mass deployment of security forces, widespread arrests, administrative detentions and the dismantling of the groups. Settler violence has surged in recent months, with near-daily attacks and harassment and few perpetrators charged or convicted.IsraelWest BankHuman rightsMiddle East https://sagire.online/wire/6fbd4bd6/https://sagire.online/wire/6fbd4bd6/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:22:00 -0300Dozens of Palestinian families returned to their homes in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday after the Israeli army announced the end of its 11-day military operation. Approximately 537 families, comprising nearly 3,300 people, had been forced to leave their homes since the operation began, according to the Support and Relief Committee in Hebron Governorate. Residents reported the theft of gold jewelry, cash and personal belongings, as well as broken doors and damaged household contents. Hebron Mayor Yousef al-Jabari estimated damage to municipal facilities and utility networks at around six million shekels (around $1.9m), and Abdo Idris, head of the Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said daily losses exceeded 12 million shekels (about $3.8 million), with infrastructure damage surpassing six million shekels. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the operation after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a Hebron checkpoint on October 23, according to Reuters, in a text republished by The News.PalestineWest BankIsraelHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/032b2e5e/https://sagire.online/wire/032b2e5e/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:23:00 -0300Al Jazeera journalist Montaser Nassar was detained in raids near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, according to the network itself.PalestineWest BankIsraelPress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/befc3cf2/https://sagire.online/wire/befc3cf2/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:24:00 -0300Israeli forces accompanied by heavy machinery raided the Haska Road area northwest of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and demolished five Palestinian-owned commercial businesses, local sources said. Nearly 750,000 Israeli settlers live in 156 illegal settlements and around 360 outposts across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian figures.West BankPalestineIsraelHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/69e73c55/https://sagire.online/wire/69e73c55/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:22:00 -0300An Israeli military order issued on October 28 placed 26,500 m² of land in the villages of Deir Nizam, Umm Safa and Atara under military control, for “military purposes,” according to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission. The land is designated for a route called the Ateret–Neve Tzuf emergency axis, intended to connect illegal Israeli settlement sites in the area, and the order will remain in effect until the end of 2028. The commission said 5,891 m², or around 22.3 percent of the seized area, are classified by Israeli authorities as “state land,” while another 20,582 m² fall outside that classification.West BankPalestineIsraelHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/86536698/https://sagire.online/wire/86536698/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:21:00 -0300Israeli soldiers blindfolded, handcuffed and arrested Al Jazeera correspondent Montaser Nassar during a raid on his home in Dura, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported.West BankIsraelHuman rightsPress freedom https://sagire.online/wire/48e355b0/https://sagire.online/wire/48e355b0/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:22:00 -0300Israeli forces launched raids on several towns in the occupied West Bank late on Monday, according to local sources. Among the targets are Qabatiya, south of Jenin, and the city of Qalqilya.West BankIsraelConflict https://sagire.online/wire/581c863a/https://sagire.online/wire/581c863a/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:21:00 -0300October has already recorded the highest monthly number of settler attacks resulting in casualties or property damage since documentation began in 2006, with 397 incidents between October 1 and 26, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Between October 20 and 26, 62 settler attacks were documented across 49 West Bank communities, including 38 related to the olive harvest.West BankPalestineIsraelHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/c8100297/https://sagire.online/wire/c8100297/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:23:00 -0300Israeli security forces arrested 18 settlers who rioted and attacked troops during the evacuation of an illegal outpost in the West Bank, according to the Israeli military. The military announced on Monday evening that the detainees are suspected of assaulting security personnel working to halt construction at the outpost.West BankPalestineIsraelConflict https://sagire.online/wire/18d6e205/https://sagire.online/wire/18d6e205/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 02:21:00 -0300Hebron governor Khaled Dudin announced on Monday that Israeli forces withdrew from the city after a 10-day siege. According to him, Palestinian security forces took control of the area and displaced families can return. The Hebron Governorate reports more than 3,300 Palestinians displaced or otherwise affected and 15 homes and structures demolished in the operation, which began on October 23 after a shooting attack that killed two Israeli soldiers, wounded three and ended with both attackers killed.West BankIsraelHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/f77e5c85/https://sagire.online/wire/f77e5c85/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:21:00 -0300Israel's siege of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, reached its tenth day on Sunday, with Israeli forces threatening to expand their military offensive in the city, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, cited by Al Jazeera. The offensive has displaced more than 3,300 Palestinians, particularly in the al-Jalda and Ain Deir Bahha areas, and resulted in the demolition of 15 homes.West BankIsraelThe LevantConflict https://sagire.online/wire/6fd1d40f/https://sagire.online/wire/6fd1d40f/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:22:00 -0300A Palestinian man died on Sunday morning from wounds sustained when Israeli occupation forces shot him in al-Musaddar village, in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Wafa news agency, cited by Middle East Eye. Also on Sunday, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters near the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, according to Wafa.PalestineGazaWest BankIsraelHuman rightsConflict https://sagire.online/wire/f6539c7f/https://sagire.online/wire/f6539c7f/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:24:00 -0300Israeli authorities have issued 9,518 demolition or stop-work notices against Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2015, according to a report by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission cited by Middle East Eye. Of the total, 9,174 notices were documented between 2015 and 2025 and another 344 in the first nine months of 2026.West BankPalestineIsraelHuman rightsConflict https://sagire.online/wire/2ba8e338/https://sagire.online/wire/2ba8e338/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:23:00 -0300Three suspects were arrested on Saturday following a clash between Israelis and Palestinians near the village of Duma in the occupied West Bank, amid the ongoing olive harvest, according to the Jerusalem Post.West BankPalestineIsraelThe LevantConflict https://sagire.online/wire/116fc9a1/https://sagire.online/wire/116fc9a1/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:22:00 -0300Residents of the Ain Deir Baha neighborhood in al-Khalil, in the occupied southern West Bank, had the area declared a closed military zone by Israeli forces during an offensive that reached its eighth day, according to Press TV. The al-Khalil municipality said, according to the outlet, that 4,969 Palestinians from 780 families had been forcibly displaced. The Palestinian Information Center counts Saturday as the ninth consecutive day of the siege, with military reinforcements and detentions of young Palestinians.West BankPalestineIsraelHuman rightsConflict