IDF Sends More Troops to Occupied West Bank Amid Surge in Violence

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Israeli military said on Saturday it would step up its presence in the occupied West Bank after the death of an Israeli teenager sparked clashes between Jewish settlers and Palestinians.

Palestinians fear further isolation as Israeli minister announces vast West Bank settlement plans

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced a plan to seize 800 hectares of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, the largest land seizure since the 1993 Oslo Accords between Israeli and Palestinian authorities...

Israel’s largest land seizure since Oslo Accords deals fresh blow to Palestinian statehood

Israel declared 800 hectares of land in the West Bank as property of the state on Friday, a move that will facilitate use of the ground for settlement construction. The area covers large swaths of the Jordan Valley, a vital region for a future...

‘That sounds like ethnic cleansing’: CNN questions lead figure in Israel’s settler movement

CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from the West Bank where the Jewish settler movement is seeking a new goal in the wake of the October 7th attack by Hamas. #CNN #...

'That sounds like ethnic cleansing': Clarissa Ward questions lead figure in Zionist settler movement

CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from the West Bank where the Jewish settler movement is seeking a new goal in the wake of the October 7th attack by Hamas.

Fareed's Take: The scope of the Israel-Hamas war is widening

CNN's Fareed Zakaria weighs in on the West's approach to the rise in geopolitical conflict. #CNN #News

Palestinian prime minister and government resign

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and his government have submitted their resignations. The move comes as the Palestinian Authority (PA)...

CNN speaks with father of slain Palestinian-American teen

CNN's Nic Robertson speaks with the father of Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, a Palestinian-American teen who was killed the West Bank, about his struggle to get answers about the events that led up to his son's death.

Netanyahu proposes plan for post-war Gaza led by local officials without links to Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a plan for post-war Gaza that envisions local Palestinian officials without links to Hamas or its foreign backers governing the territory, Israeli media reported Friday.

At least one killed, several wounded in gun attack near West Bank settlement

Three Palestinian gunmen killed one person and wounded eight when they sprayed automatic weapons fire at vehicles in a "terror attack" Thursday near a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, police said.  

'All of our society is so wounded,' says Israeli peace activist

Yael Noy is CEO of the charity 'Road to Recovery' that takes Palestinians, mostly children, from the West Bank and Gaza to hospitals inside Israel. Christiane speaks to her about the work she is doing and how it has changed since October 7.

Erin Burnett presses ex-Israeli PM on Israeli tactics of infiltrating Palestinian hospital in disguise

CNN's Erin Burnett speaks exclusively with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about the surveillance camera showing Israeli forces disguised as medical staff and civilians to infiltrate the West Bank's Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin with...

See Israeli special forces infiltrate Palestinian hospital in medical clothing, hijabs

CCTV footage on social media appears to show Israeli undercover commandos disguised as medical staff and civilians infiltrating the West Bank's Ibn Sina Hosp...

ICJ orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to take measures to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza while announcing its initial ruling on a case South Africa brought to the court. Read our blog to see how the day's events...

Houthis fire 3 missiles toward US-flagged ship in Gulf of Aden, US military says

Yemen’s Houthi forces on Wednesday fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles toward a US-flagged and owned container ship as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, the US military said in a statement. The attack comes a day after US and British...

‘90% have lost their jobs’: War plunges West Bank construction workers into poverty

Some 160,000 Palestinian workers used to cross over into Israel from the West Bank every day, the vast majority of them construction workers. But ever since the Hamas-led attack on October 7, they have been banned from entering, plunging many into...

Deadly Israeli strike on Damascus targets Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said five of its members were killed by an Israeli strike in Damascus on Saturday, with the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saying the missile targeted an area where Guard members and pro-Iran Palestinian...

Discord over two-state solution opens rift between the US and Israel

US President Biden and Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu held their first phone call in nearly a month on Friday following the Israeli PM's rejection of a Washington-backed call for Palestinian sovereignty, with Biden and Netanyahu appearing to be at...

Biden pushes for Palestinian state in first Netanyahu call for weeks

US President Joe Biden pushed Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Friday on the need for future Palestinian statehood, as the two leaders spoke for the first time in a month amid tensions over plans for the aftermath of the Gaza war. This...

'Our children won't forget': Grief and anger over Israeli raids on West Bank camps

Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, Israel has stepped up its raids in the occupied West Bank, storming refugee camps and arresting dozens of people. Human rights groups say at least 300 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers...

‘We don’t know where he is’: Israel’s administrative detention rates soar after October 7

Since the October 7 Hamas attacks and the resulting war with Israel, the number of Palestinians in administrative detention has exploded. This emergency measure allows the Israeli government to imprison people without charge or trial for an...