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Israeli troops kills Palestinian in West Bank; 3 arrested

By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

The Israeli military says Israeli troops arrested three Palestinians on Wednesday suspected of involvement in the killing earlier this week of an American-Israeli while a fourth was shot and killed fleeing the scene.

Renewed wave of violence between Palestinians and Israelis breaks out in West Bank

By Amna Nawaz, Alexis Cox, Teresa Cebrian Aranda

The renewed wave of violence and vengeance between Israelis and Palestinians continued Monday as a Palestinian gunman killed a motorist near the city of Jericho on the occupied West Bank. The U.S. ambassador to Israel said the victim was an…

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Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2 in West Bank

By Josef Federman, Associated Press

Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank late Sunday, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman.

Israeli settlers shoot, wound 2 Palestinians in West Bank, officials say

By Associated Press

Palestinian health officials say Israeli settlers have shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank, in what officials describe as the latest incident in a wave of settler violence.

Israel approves over 7,000 settlement homes in West Bank, groups say

By Josef Federman, Associated Press

Israeli settlement supporters and opponents say Israel's far-right government has granted approval for the building of over 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

At least 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid of West Bank city

By Aref Tufaha, Josef Federman, Associated Press

It was among the deadliest violence in a year of fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Over 50 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem since the start of 2023.

Israel promises U.S. not to approve additional West Bank outposts

By Associated Press

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not greenlight any new wildcat settlements in the occupied West Bank beyond nine such outposts built without authorization that it approved retroactively earlier this month.

Israel forces destroy home of Palestinian attacker in occupied West Bank

By Associated Press

Israeli forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian behind a deadly shooting in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli settler population in West Bank surpasses half a million

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

The milestone comes as Israel’s new government, made up of ultranationalist parties who oppose Palestinian statehood, has placed expanding settlements at the top of its priority list.

West Bank Palestinian community faces removal as far-right Israel vows expansion

By Isabel Debre, Sam McNeil, Associated Press

The long-running dispute over the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar has resurfaced this week as a focus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.