The Latest Breaking News from the West Bank

Entrances to Palestinian villages, towns and cities are blocked, severely restricting commercial and civilian movement.

Israel has so far refused to release information about Gaza workers who have disappeared, human rights groups say.

Israel has expelled a prominent Palestinian activist from his home in a West Bank city at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after he hosted a foreign journalist and a prominent Israeli activist

Latest government advisory warns all Americans to exercise caution when travelling anywhere in the world – and specifically not to travel to Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon

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Once again, the Gaza Strip is at the epicentre of violence in the Middle East. This tiny 41km-by-13km band of territory on the Mediterranean, sandwiched between the often hostile neighbours of Israel and Egypt, has faced repeated rounds of violence in recent history – but the current war is the…

Since Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, many Gazans in search of medical care for their children have found themselves stuck in Ramallah, in the West Bank. Some have not heard from their loved ones for days or even weeks, and…

The IDF’s ‘three-phase’ operation would increase Hamas’s influence in the region rather than extinguishing it, says Paul Rogers, emeritus professor of peace studies at Bradford University

IN THE PRESS – Wednesday, October 25: We take a look at French President Emmanuel Macron's unexpected and controversial proposal to mount an international coalition against Hamas. We also see why comments by freed Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz have sparked debate in the Israeli press. Meanwhile, the war in Gaza…