West Bank

IDF warns budget delay will force reserve, intelligence cuts beginning in September

The IDF warns that delayed defense funding will force reserve and intelligence cuts, undermine preparations for Iran, and threaten US arms contracts beginning in September.

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.
YASSER ABBAS attends the results announcement of Fatah’s Eighth General Conference, in Ramallah, May 18.

The world is watching Israel’s election while ignoring the Palestinian one - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 17, 2026

Israel’s next government must save the country before it is too late - opinion

IDF kills Hamas-linked former Jenin terror cell leader Qais Bitwani in a West Bank airstrike on August 28, 2026.

WATCH: IDF kills Hamas-linked former senior Jenin terror cell member in West Bank vehicle strike


Settler extremists clash with IDF after outpost evacuation, lay siege to West Bank village

Extremists appear to be dismantling fences, blocking roads, and besieging the area near Kusra, in footage seen by The Jerusalem Post.

Settlers near Kusra blocking a road with rocks.

‘We are not going anywhere’: Danon defends West Bank settlements at UN meeting

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon rejected claims that West Bank settlements are obstacles to peace, telling the Security Council that they would remain and continue to grow.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a meeting at the United Nations headquartes in New York City, March 20, 2025.

'Unacceptable activity': IDF condemns Israelis taking over Palestinian homes, land in West Bank

The IDF specifically called an extremist settler takeover of Palestinian property near Kusra and Jalud “illegal, reprehensible, and unacceptable.”

Israeli soldiers inspect the damage following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 24, 2026.

UK Foreign Secretary Miliband presses Sa’ar on Gaza aid, West Bank violence

The UK and Israeli foreign ministers discussed Gaza, Hamas disarmament, Iran and antisemitism, as Miliband pressed Sa’ar over West Bank violence.

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband addresses the media during a joint press conference with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares at the Palacio de Viana, Madrid, Spain. July 29, 2026.

Can new Dardik model be used to reduce administrative detention for some Palestinians? - analysis

Getting the volume of Palestinian administrative detainees under control is a time bomb for global support that Jerusalem likely needs to defuse so that Israel can save its global standing.

Israel's Ofer Prison; Illustrative.

Tal Yinon Dardik released as court finds detention grounds insufficient

Prosecutors sought conditions tying Dardik’s release to a revised military order, but the court rejected the request and ordered him freed.

Tal Yinon Dardik arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth’s appeal against a decision to release him from administrative detention, August 11, 2026.

WATCH: Two settlers disconnect electricity, destroy property of Palestinian family in West Bank

This comes after an order barring Israeli protective presence activists, who work to protect Palestinian residents within the West Bank, from around the town of Taiba, near Ramallah. 

Settler tears an electrical wire at a family's residential compound inside Taiba's closed military zone, August 11, 2026..

IDF, Border Police destroy home of terrorist who killed Yuval Ezra, Benayahu Mellet

Ezra and Mellet were killed during the July 24 West Bank attack near Gilad Farm, a settlement located southwest of Nablus.

IDF destroys home of terrorist who killed Maj. Yuval Ezra, 27, and Capt. (res.) Benayahu Mellet, 32, in the July 24 West Bank attack.

West Bank nationalist crime jumped 63% in first half of 2026, Israeli security data shows - report

Security establishment figures showed a sharp rise in West Bank nationalist crime, alongside more Palestinian casualties and attacks on security personnel.

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians as they hold Friday prayers during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion and land confiscation near Bethlehem in the West Bank, July 3, 2026.

IDF to demolish home of terrorist who killed 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman in March West Bank attack

Hasson was indicted for Sherman's murder on May 14, with additional indictments for intentionally causing the death of two others, obstruction of justice, and possession of weapons without a permit.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank; Illustrative.