Aug 21 Suspected Palestinian gunman’s West Bank attack latest example of escalating regional violence By Isabel Debre, Associated Press The combustible mix of armed Palestinians carrying out shooting attacks against Israelis across the West Bank and within Israel as well as near-nightly aids by the Israeli army to arrest militants has fueled the worst fighting in the West Bank… Continue reading
Aug 04 In latest violence, 18-year-old Palestinian killed during Israeli military raid By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Violence has spiraled in the northern West Bank, with the rise of Palestinian armed groups carrying out shooting attacks against Israelis and daily arrest raids by the Israeli military. Continue reading
Aug 01 Palestinian man opens fire in West Bank settlement, wounding 6 people before being killed By Associated Press The shooting in the sprawling Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, in the occupied West Bank, was the latest in the most violent stretch of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the territory in nearly two decades. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 7:13 Cycle of violence and economic turmoil pushes young Palestinians to take up arms By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi Violence continued Monday between Israelis and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Nablus and has a look at young men who have few hopes and burning anger and take up arms as they feel… Continue watching
Jul 10 Violence persists in West Bank after Israeli troops kill alleged Palestinian gunman By Associated Press Last week, Israel concluded a fierce two-day offensive that used rare air power and hundreds of troops in what was designed as a crackdown against militants. Continue reading
Jul 07 Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank, days after aggressive crack down on militants By Aref Tufaha, Associated Press Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians, including two militants shot dead in a gunbattle, in new violence in the occupied West Bank, days after Israel concluded a major two-day offensive meant to crack down on militants. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 7:30 Palestinians in West Bank struggle to recover after intense Israeli military operation By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi, Fouad Abu-Ghosh, Tommy Walters The secretary-general of the United Nations denounced what he called "an excessive use of force" by Israel on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Israel said the two-day operation targeted Palestinian militants. Elsewhere, an Israeli soldier was… Continue watching
Jul 06 A Palestinian militant kills an Israeli in the West Bank a day after Israel’s military raid By Julia Frankel, Associated Press A Hamas militant has opened fire near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, killing one Israeli, before he was shot and killed by Israeli forces. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 5:12 Israeli anti-militant operation in West Bank leaves Palestinian refugee camp in shambles By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn After days of intense combat, Palestinians found the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank in shambles. Israel's military operation, which it says targeted militants, laid waste to vast swaths of the camp. Twelve Palestinians were killed, including… Continue watching
Jul 05 Israel withdraws troops from Jenin but warns raid is not a one-off By Nasser Nasser, Imad Isseid, Associated Press The army claimed to have inflicted heavy damage on militant groups in Jenin, but it remained unclear whether there would be any lasting effect after more than a year of heavy fighting in the West Bank. Continue reading