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Israeli forces and settlers have carried out a series of familiar raids and attacks in the occupied West Bank.

aljazeera.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 15:01:09 +0000

Israeli forces arrested two brothers as they harvested olives on their land near Yatta in Hebron governorate, while seizing numerous vehicles and tractors in the Masafer Yatta area. Israeli forces also stormed the town of az-Zawiya, near Salfit, and raided several homes. Israeli settlers stole a tractor and dumped out its contents in the Palestinian town of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah.

Israeli troops, settlers carried out 3,000 attacks in West Bank in October

aljazeera.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:25:57 +0000

Israeli forces and settlers carried out 3,133 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in October, a 52.8 percent increase compared to September, when 2,051 acts of violence were recorded.

Of these, 1,764 attacks were carried out by Israeli troops while 1,369 were carried out by settlers, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said.

Settler violence alone more than doubled in October from 647 attacks the previous month during pogroms linked to the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank, often under the protection or with the participation of Israeli soldiers, it said.

Palestinian shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:18:00 +0000

The Palestine Red Crescent Society says a young man was shot by Israeli troops near a military checkpoint in the town of Huwara, in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Wafa news agency reported the victim was shot in the foot and Israeli soldiers initially obstructed Red Crescent crews from reaching him. He received treatment at the scene and was transferred to a hospital.

Israeli forces conduct overnight raids across occupied West Bank towns

aljazeera.com — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:48:56 +0000

Israeli forces have conducted several overnight raids in the town of al-Samua south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Quoting local sources, the agency reported that Israeli soldiers searched multiple Palestinian homes and subjected residents to field interrogations during the operations. The agency added that Israeli forces destroyed local property and physically assaulted residents during the raids.

Separately, Israeli forces stormed the city of Tubas on Saturday night and deployed across several of its neighbourhoods, Wafa reported. Local sources told the agency that Israeli soldiers raided and searched the homes of released prisoners, damaging their contents. No arrests were reported.

Israeli forces raid homes in West Bank’s Al-Bireh and Birzeit

aljazeera.com — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 11:24:34 +0000

Israeli forces have raided Palestinian homes during their incursions into the towns of Al-Bireh and Birzeit in the occupied West Bank, according to our colleagues on the ground. Situated in the central West Bank, just north of Jerusalem, Al-Bireh is home to several PA ministries and institutional headquarters. Birzeit is located north of Ramallah and is home to the oldest and most prestigious Palestinian university.

Dozens detained in Israeli raids across occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:44:51 +0000

Israeli forces have raided towns, detaining dozens of Palestinians, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced ordering a full lockdown of the occupied West Bank following an attack in the city of Hebron that killed two Israeli soldiers.

Israeli forces raided at least 15 towns in the northern West Bank, detaining dozens of Palestinians, Al Jazeera correspondents reported on Saturday.

The military raids targeted several northern cities and towns, including Nablus, Jenin, Tubas and Qalqilya.

Netanyahu has ordered the “closure” of Hebron and a “full lockdown” of the occupied West Bank after an early morning shooting at the northern entrance to Hebron, in which two young Palestinians were reported killed and six Israeli soldiers were injured.

aljazeera.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:28:03 +0000

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Israeli far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for Israel to take control of Gaza and impose sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, while promoting what he calls “voluntary emigration”.

aljazeera.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:43:27 +0000

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Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:32:04 +0000

Masked Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats, a French mayor, and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, sparking European condemnation amid unprecedented settler pogroms during the Palestinian olive harvest.

‘Disturbing details’ of large-scale settler attacks in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:06:21 +0000

We are still getting disturbing details about what’s happening in the occupied West Bank, as a large-scale settler attack took place earlier today.

We saw how settlers have been setting fire to olive groves, and the settlers are usually operating under the protection of the Israeli military.

We saw how the settlers’ practices and also behaviour have triggered an international outcry, as the current Israeli government is still under pressure in order to at least crack down on the settlers’ activity in the occupied West Bank.

People there are still living under threat of attack, not just on their agricultural lands, but also on their properties.

We saw how vehicles and houses have been repeatedly hit by settler attacks, which have been used by the Israeli military, apparently, to create a deterrent environment, with Palestinians expected to leave these areas so they can later turn them into Israeli settlements.

Israeli settlers attack olive pickers in West Bank villages

aljazeera.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:41:12 +0000

Israeli settlers have attacked several olive pickers in the Palestinian villages of Abu Falah, Burqa, and Turmus Aya near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, our colleagues on the ground are reporting. Settlers set olive trees ablaze in Abu Falah village and attacked harvesters in nearby locations in recent hours.

China tells Israel to stop and reverse ‘forced’ West Bank settlements

aljazeera.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:54:10 +0000

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Israel’s president that Israel should stop and reverse its “forced establishment” of settlements in the occupied West Bank. Wang Yi made the remarks to Israeli President Isaac Herzog during a meeting in Azerbaijan, China’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. Wang said China has consistently held that the Palestinian question is the greatest historical injustice of this century, the ministry said. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal under international law.

Anadolu says journalist shot in West Bank works for the Turkish news agency

aljazeera.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:46:36 +0000

The Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency has announced that the journalist that we reported on earlier, who was shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, is one of their employees.

Issam Rimawi was shot in the thigh with a rubber-coated metal bullet on Saturday while reporting on the olive harvest in the village of Deir Abu Mash’al, northwest of Ramallah.

Settlers arrived and attacked Palestinians as they were gathering olives. Israeli forces then raided the village and protected the settlers while firing rubber bullets and tear gas.

Dozens of Palestinians subsequently inhaled tear gas.

Israeli forces storm Bethlehem localities, demolish home in East Jerusalem

aljazeera.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:48:39 +0000

Israeli forces have stormed multiple areas in the Bethlehem governorate of the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. Citing a security source, it said Israeli forces entered the areas of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour, as well as the areas of ad-Doha, al-Khader, Irtas, Jabal al-Mawaleh, Hindaza, Rakhma, Jannatah, Harmala and Rafidia. Meanwhile, Israeli forces began demolishing a residential building in the town of at-Tur in occupied East Jerusalem, and settlers burned a house in the village of Burqa in the Ramallah governorate, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground.

Israeli forces arrest 2 children in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:32:59 +0000

The Israeli army has arrested two children west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Israeli forces stormed the village of Deir Sharaf and raided several homes before taking two minors into custody. Israel has arrested nearly 2,000 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since October 2023, according to Palestinian prisoner advocacy organisations. Imprisoned children face beatings, severe restrictions on food, medical neglect, solitary confinement and other forms of ill-treatment.

Israeli forces raid West Bank university, destroy memorial to killed students

aljazeera.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:13:05 +0000

Israeli forces have stormed the campus of Birzeit University in the city of Ramallah and demolished a monument dedicated to 40 students and alumni who had been killed by Israel’s military in recent decades, according to witnesses. The early morning raid is the latest in a string of Israeli attacks on the prominent university. On September 26, Israeli forces stormed the university while students were sitting for exams, and in January, they deployed live ammunition and tear gas inside the school, wounding dozens of people.

Israeli settlers storm Palestinian homes, attack olive harvesters in West Bank

aljazeera.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:01:37 +0000

Israeli soldiers and settlers are continuing a wave of arrests, military raids and property demolitions throughout the occupied West Bank. In the village of al-Mughayyir northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank, Israeli settlers protected by military forces have stormed an area near Palestinian homes, according to our correspondents on the ground. Separately, in the town of Beita in Nablus governorate, settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in the az-Zahra area.

Israeli barrier cuts off water to West Bank Bedouin community

aljazeera.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:48:11 +0000

An Israeli military barrier is cutting off a Palestinian Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley from water, animal feed, healthcare and schools, according to an Al Jazeera report from Ras al-Ahmar. Residents say Israeli forces have blocked access to the community since mid-September while expanding the barrier through Palestinian land. Some have been forced to move water, fodder and milk at night by donkey to avoid Israeli soldiers and settlers. One resident said no water had entered the community for three days, putting about 15,000 head of livestock at risk. The barrier, which Israel calls “Crimson Thread”, runs for about 20km (12 miles) through the northern Jordan Valley and includes military roads, trenches and embankments. Construction has damaged wells, water networks and agricultural land. The report says 51 schoolchildren have been unable to attend classes for two weeks because vehicles cannot reach the community.

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian man in occupied West Bank’s Tubas, raid homes

aljazeera.com — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:41:09 +0000

Israeli forces have arrested a 20-year-old Palestinian man in Tubas in the occupied West Bank after raiding his family home, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Wafa reported that several Israeli military patrols entered Tubas, deployed across parts of the city and searched a number of homes. In a separate incident early on Saturday, Israeli forces raided the village of Rafat, west of Salfit, searching several Palestinian homes and damaging their contents. No arrests were reported during the raid.

US Senate fails to pass resolution on West Bank human rights violations

aljazeera.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:54:21 +0000

The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would require the Trump administration to report on human rights violations in the West Bank, including the killings of several Americans. The procedural vote was the latest sign of friction between US Democrats and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, and of US Republicans’ continuing strong support for Netanyahu’s coalition. The bill would have required the State Department to report to Congress on the killing of US citizens by Israeli settlers or Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and to assess the human rights situation there. The Senate voted 47 to 51 to block the resolution. Every Democratic senator except John Fetterman voted in favour, and every Republican senator but Rand Paul voted against. The resolution needed a simple majority to pass. The vote came weeks before the US midterm elections. Polls suggest that Republicans could lose their congressional majorities, potentially signalling a major shift in US policy towards Israel in a new Congress.

ICRC warns violence, movement restrictions and settlement expansion making life ‘untenable’ for West Bank civilians

aljazeera.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:16:28 +0000

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for the urgent protection of civilians in the occupied West Bank, saying surging violence, tighter restrictions on movement, and accelerating settlement expansion are making everyday life untenable. In a statement, the ICRC said dozens of Palestinians have been killed, hundreds injured and many more displaced this year alone, with homes and property damaged or destroyed, leaving many without shelter or livelihoods. “The frequent and severe violence must be brought to an end,” said Julien Lerisson, head of the ICRC’s delegation for Israel and the occupied territories. He said authorities must protect the population from violence, “including when that violence is inflicted by settlers”. The ICRC said movement restrictions mean patients cannot reach health care and children cannot get to school. Ambulances are sometimes held up for hours at checkpoints, or forced into long detours, endangering first responders and those they seek to help, he added. The organisation said Israel has a right to take measures to ensure its security but, as the occupying power, must treat Palestinians, who are protected persons under international humanitarian law, humanely, and protect them from violence. “This means protecting civilians from violence and ceasing the expansion of civilian settlements,” Lerisson said.

Israel revokes immigration permits for 2 Jewish men over West Bank activism

aljazeera.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:50:15 +0000

Haaretz reports that Israeli authorities have revoked immigration permits for two young men who had worked with campaign groups to protect Palestinians from settler pogroms in the occupied West Bank. The newspaper said the two men – British and US citizens – were notified that their permits had been revoked after the Jewish Agency for Israel, which processes immigration applications from people of Jewish heritage, had approved their applications. According to Haaretz, Israel’s Population Authority did not say why it halted the immigration process, but it did not deny that the reason was their activism in protecting Palestinians from pogroms in the West Bank. It said the Jewish Agency told the men that the Population Authority was “reviewing” their eligibility under the Entry into Israel Law, which regulates the entry of people who are not citizens or new immigrants.

Photos: Destruction from Israeli settler attack in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:32:50 +0000

A collection of images showing destruction after an Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank, including damaged homes, farmland, vehicles, a truck ablaze, and a man holding up a US passport.

Israeli forces shoot and wound Palestinian girl in West Bank

aljazeera.com — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:03:16 +0000

The Palestinian news agency Wafa is reporting that Israeli forces have shot and wounded a Palestinian girl at a checkpoint in Qalandiya in the occupied West Bank. It said the nature of her wounds and her condition were not clear.

Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian vehicles in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:20:03 +0000

Israeli settlers have attacked the town of Abu Falah, northeast of the city of Ramallah, setting fire to multiple vehicles and agricultural land, according to local sources and videos posted online. The footage, verified by Al Jazeera, shows fires burning in the town as well as two vehicles that had been torched. No injuries were reported. Israeli pogroms in the occupied West Bank have escalated before the country’s elections, with the UN recording more than 1,600 attacks by settlers that have resulted in casualties and property damage since the beginning of the year.

WATCH: Settlers attack last remaining farmland in occupied West Bank village of Burqa

aljazeera.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:41:33 +0000

Illegal Israeli settlements and outposts are encircling Burqa, an ancient farming village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Residents say they have lost most of their land, while settler attacks are intensifying in the remaining area. Watch our report below:

Israeli forces arrest four Palestinian farmers in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:41:26 +0000

Israeli forces have arrested four Palestinian farmers while they were harvesting olives east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. The report said the farmers were picking olives on their own land near the illegal Israeli settlement of Einav.

What’s been happening in the occupied West bank?

aljazeera.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:24:11 +0000

Israeli forces and settlers have carried out a series of raids, arrests and attacks across the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to the Wafa news agency. Here are some of the reported incidents: Settlers attacked a Palestinian woman in Aqraba, south of Nablus, spraying her in the face with pepper spray as she returned home. Israeli forces detained six Palestinians, including a 17-year-old, in Beita, Tulkarem and Jenin. Three vehicles were partially torched in Rantis, west of Ramallah, while dozens of olive trees were uprooted in al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem. Settlers also carried out attacks in Beita and the northern Jordan Valley, while sheep and a tractor were stolen from Palestinians in Asira al-Qibliya. Israeli forces uprooted dozens of olive trees in Beit Ur al-Fauqa and issued an order affecting 29 dunams of planted land.

Images of sealed-off checkpoints in West Bank used by Israeli politicians to lobby for election

aljazeera.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:14:21 +0000

Israeli authorities need no real reason to seal off checkpoints to prevent Palestinians from moving from one place to another in the occupied West Bank. And this is just another example: The Ein Synia checkpoint has been closed over the past week. Israeli forces also do a lot of checks at the checkpoint near the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El, which causes major traffic jams around that area. Some checkpoints are reopening, including the Yabrud-Silwad road checkpoint, northeast of Ramallah. The Israeli forces stationed in Ramallah sometimes close them to exert collective punishment and other times because they are raiding the town and to continue disrupting Palestinians’ lives. All of this is happening before Israel’s elections. All these images help Israeli politicians lobby and get more votes because they can show that they are trying to enhance security for Israelis, that they are cracking down on what the Israelis call “Palestinian terror”. Palestinians here say that even if one attack were to happen, the Israelis would seal off the whole area to remind Palestinians that if anyone tries to resist Israel’s military occupation, then everyone in the vicinity will pay a heavy price.

Israeli forces raid homes in Beit Sahour and Nahalin in the occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:05:51 +0000

Israeli forces have raided homes in the city of Beit Sahour and the town of Nahalin in the Bethlehem Governorate in the occupied West Bank, reported Wafa. No arrests were made, the Palestinian news agency added.

What’s been happening in the occupied West Bank?

aljazeera.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:19:59 +0000

Israeli forces continue to carry out raids and arrest Palestinians across the occupied West Bank. Here are some of the latest developments reported by the Palestinian news agency Wafa: Israeli forces stormed the cities of Ramallah and el-Bireh, and raided several homes in the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, at dawn. Israeli soldiers have maintained the closure of most of the military checkpoints and iron gates surrounding the Ramallah and el-Bireh governorate and the surrounding villages and towns since Thursday. Israeli forces boarded up the home of a prisoner in the town of Biddu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, at dawn, and issued a demolition order for it. Israeli settlers set fire to three vehicles and wrote racist slogans on the walls of several homes in the village of Rantis, west of Ramallah. Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian child from the town of Beita, south of Nablus, during a dawn raid.

Israeli military blows up Palestinian prisoner’s home in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:41:17 +0000

Israeli forces have blown up the house of a Palestinian prisoner jailed for the last six months for allegedly killing an Israeli. The Israeli army stormed the village of Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank at dawn and surrounded the home of Dawas Hassoun, the official Wafa news agency cited local sources as saying. On Wednesday, Israeli forces raided the Hassoun family home and forced its residents to leave. Israel maintains a policy of demolishing the homes belonging to relatives of Palestinians involved in attacks against Israelis, in an approach human rights groups have condemned as “collective punishment”.

Israeli army, settlers continue to attack Palestinians in West Bank

aljazeera.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:19:31 +0000

Israeli forces have stormed the town of Azzun in the Qalqilya governorate of the occupied West Bank, with raids continuing overnight on Palestinian homes amid news of arrests and assaults, Wafa reports. The news agency said the military fired sound grenades, tear gas and live ammunition during the incursions. The army arrested a young man, identified by Wafa as Youssef Dina, after a special unit infiltrated Matar Street near the Qalandiya camp north of occupied East Jerusalem, it added. Meanwhile, in the village of Atara north of Ramallah, Israeli settlers set fire to two vehicles belonging to Palestinian residents and sprayed hostile slogans.

Israeli forces make arrests, settlers attack locals across West Bank

aljazeera.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:31:03 +0000

Israeli forces have carried out raids and made multiple arrests near Jerusalem and Ramallah, while settlers have attacked communities in the occupied West Bank. Here are some of the latest developments from overnight and this morning, reported by the Wafa news agency: The Israeli military stormed the village of Beit Duqqu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and raided several homes, making multiple arrests before withdrawing. The exact number of arrests and the identities of those detained remain unclear. Israeli forces also raided the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, arrested a 19-year-old man in his home, and seized money. Settlers vandalised property belonging to residents of the hamlet of Aqwaweis, in the Masafer Yatta region of Hebron. Also in Hebron, near Qussa village, Israeli settlers set fire to a vehicle belonging to Palestinian workers following a pursuit.

Israeli forces have stormed a village near Hebron ...

aljazeera.com — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:32:31 +0000

Israeli forces have stormed a village near Hebron in the occupied West Bank and confiscated two water tankers.

Israeli settlers set fire to vehicle in Hebron, attempt child abduction

aljazeera.com — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:28:14 +0000

Israeli settlers have set fire to a vehicle, assaulted residents and attempted to abduct a child north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, reports the Palestinian news agency Wafa. A Palestinian said a group of settlers approached his vehicle, set fire to it and then attempted to assault him. Media activist Mohammed Awad said settlers stormed two homes, assaulted women and children, then tried to abduct a child before residents stopped them.

Israeli forces raid multiple Palestinian villages in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:28:01 +0000

Israeli forces have raided several villages and towns in western Jenin in the occupied West Bank, detaining residents and forcing shop owners to shut their businesses, reports the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Soldiers in Raba village detained several residents after searching homes. They also raided a nearby village forcing shops to close. Our colleagues on the ground are reporting fighting between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the village of Sur Baher near occupied East Jerusalem.

Netanyahu vows to find shooter in deadly West Bank attack

aljazeera.com — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:53:53 +0000

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the gunman who killed an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank is being tracked down. “Our forces are pursuing the terrorist who carried out the deadly attack,” Netanyahu said. A hospital confirmed the man’s death, AFP news agency reported. An organisation representing Israeli West Bank settlements said he was a settler.

Israeli army says attacker who carried out occupied West Bank shooting captured

aljazeera.com — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:53:46 +0000

A military update says the suspect in the shooting near the illegal Neveh Tzuf settlement, north of Ramallah, has been arrested following a pursuit. Soldiers apprehended the alleged attacker after he fled to a hospital near the site of the attack, the army said. It added that a soldier who was operating near the scene had arrived at the location after the attack, shot at the suspect who fled the scene wounded. Israel’s ambulance service said earlier that a 30-year-old man who suffered serious gunshot wounds in the attack was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Israeli forces block more than 100 Palestinian teachers from reaching their schools

aljazeera.com — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:18:00 +0000

The Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces have prevented at least 104 teachers from reaching their schools by closing two checkpoints in the occupied West Bank today. Wafa said the move disrupted schooling for some 1,100 children in six government schools and a kindergarten.

Armed Israeli settlers attack and abuse farmers north of Hebron

aljazeera.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:56:24 +0000

Armed Israeli settlers have attacked and assaulted farmers in the Wadi al-Shanar area, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports. The Palestinian news agency said a group of settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, abused and detained several farmers as they were attempting to access their land in the area, east of the town of Halhul. The area is under particular threat from settlement expansion and is constantly subjected to settler attacks, Wafa noted, reporting an increase in the theft and destruction of crops, the uprooting and smashing of fruit trees, as well as demolitions and bulldozing of Palestinian land in the area in recent months.

Israel weaponises AI for West Bank demolitions

aljazeera.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:09:21 +0000

As the world wrestles with the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and the dangers of removing humans from life-altering decisions, Israel has pressed ahead with deploying AI as part of its military arsenal. Israel has not only used AI in its genocidal war on Gaza but also in the occupied West Bank, where it has systematically been weaponised to survey Palestinian land and expedite forced displacement, according to researchers and rights activists.

What’s been happening in the occupied West bank?

aljazeera.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:08:56 +0000

Here are the latest developments: Israeli settlers have set fire to Palestinian citizens’ properties and land in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, local sources have told Al Jazeera. Israeli forces have stormed the towns of Saida and Allar, north of Tulkarem, according to our colleagues on the ground. The Israeli army has detained journalist Alaa al-Rimawi from his home in el-Bireh. Israeli forces have begun demolishing residential and agricultural facilities in the Wa’er al-Bayek area of Anata town in the Jerusalem district, according to the Jerusalem Governorate.

Palestinian shot during Israeli raid in Qalqilya, occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:28:17 +0000

A Palestinian man has been shot in the foot during an Israeli military raid on Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams transferred the wounded man to a hospital. Another Palestinian with a disability was also hospitalised after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces during the operation. Meanwhile, Israeli forces separately carried out raids and arrests in the nearby town of Hajja amid a heavy military presence, Wafa added.

Israel arrests more Palestinians in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:37:01 +0000

Israeli forces have arrested seven Palestinians from the towns of Qabatiya and Jalbun in the Jenin governorate after raiding and searching their homes, Wafa reports. The army also stormed dozens around 50 homes in the village of Luban Ash-Sharqiya south of Nablus, where they deployed 10 military vehicles and sent foot soldiers through the streets. One man was arrested in the nearby village of Urif.

Israeli forces shoot Palestinian, torch vehicle in occupied West Bank

aljazeera.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:55:38 +0000

The Israeli army has shot a man in the occupied West Bank town of Beit Ula, west of Hebron, Wafa reports. Soldiers chased the man during a raid on the village and opened fire on his vehicle, wounding him, sources told Wafa. As he was transported to a medical centre for treatment, soldiers set his vehicle on fire. Israeli forces separately arrested two other Palestinians in raids on nearby towns.