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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.

Blinken headed to Middle East as U.S. expresses alarm over growing violence

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend amid a sharp spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence that has alarmed the Biden administration.

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians during new violence, officials say

By Associated Press

Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian who allegedly tried to stab a soldier in the occupied West Bank. And in east Jerusalem, a 17-year-old boy was killed after waving what Israeli police say turned out to be a fake…

WATCH: State Department holds briefing after Israel demolishes part of West Bank village

By Sam McNeil, Associated Press

Residents and activists say the Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive orchards in two Palestinian villages in the south of the occupied West Bank.