Israel West Bank settlement expansion

Jericho region governor Hussein Hamayel told AFP that the land belongs to the Palestinian Authority and cannot be sold.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said settlers reportedly used live ammunition during the takeover.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and more than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements there.

The Israeli government approved a plan aimed at reducing socioeconomic gaps in East Jerusalem that also aims to increase the number of Palestinian students studying the Israeli curriculum.

Palestinian officials estimate that more than 45,000 students, approximately 38 percent of the total student population in East Jerusalem, are studying the Israeli curriculum in the 2026-27 academic year.

The anonymous principal told Al Jazeera that Israeli oversight includes on-site inspections, monitoring within classrooms, and searching students' schoolbags to confiscate original Palestinian textbooks.

Ahmad Abu Eid is a resident of Biddu.

Ahmad Abu Eid said there were attempts to prevent the demolitions through legal channels.

Ahmad Abu Eid said Israeli forces raided Biddu without warning.

The report was published on November 5, 2026.

Israeli forces attacked Palestinians across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Israel's president consulted party leaders on forming a government.

More than 200 settler attacks have been recorded since September.

Palestinian farmers in Beita pick olives at 5am.

Al Jazeera's Leila Warah reported on Palestinian farmers in Beita during the olive harvest.

The author and two other British parliamentarians attempted to enter the West Bank with an international delegation of observers.

The delegation's visit was organized by Global Justice Now.

The United Kingdom announced new sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

The two Palestinians whose homes were demolished were brothers Ahmad and Hammouda al-Jaabeh.

When residents tried to approach the site after the demolitions, troops backed by drones detained at least 12 Palestinians.

Israeli forces arrested at least 120 Palestinians since the operation began.

Heidi Levine said settlers repeatedly kicked and beat her on the ground before stealing her passport, phone, and camera equipment while she was wearing a protective vest marked "PRESS".

Video footage showed Israeli authorities leading away Nathaniel while he shouted that he had just been beaten up.

A Palestinian man was shot in the leg by Israeli soldiers who arrived on the scene of the October 16 incident and fired live ammunition and tear gas.

Al Jazeera reported that Israeli settlers use outposts and violence to seize Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank with the army's backing.

Leila Warah is a journalist for Al Jazeera who reported on Israeli settlers seizing Palestinian land.

The Al Jazeera report on the Israeli settler takeover was published on 29 Oct 2026.

Israeli forces carried out a raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp on Thursday that triggered clashes and wounded two children.

The Hebron governorate offensive began after two Israeli soldiers were killed in a gun attack, and both Palestinian suspects were also killed.

Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin said 537 families comprising 3,361 people have been forced from their homes.

Israel said it was targeting a Hamas operative when it struck the Islamic University in Gaza City.

Flour stocks ran out in Gaza, leaving seven of 20 commercial bakeries open, according to Abdul Nasser al-Ajrami of the bakers' association.

The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission counted 482 attacks on the olive harvest by Sunday across nine governorates, according to Wafa.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to lock down the entire West Bank following a gun attack near Hebron.

Former South African High Court judge Navi Pillay chaired the investigation until last November and won the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month.

Israel rejected the commission's finding that it had committed "genocide" in Gaza.

More than 2,000 Palestinians have been forced from their homes in Hebron.

Israel's lockdown of the occupied West Bank has stretched beyond 50 hours.

The military operation in the West Bank is unfolding days before Israel's elections.

Israeli forces ordered Mohammed Al-Obaiyat to leave his home within weeks.

Mohammed Al-Obaiyat lives in the village of Umm Safa.

Mohammed Al-Obaiyat has lived in his home since before Israel's occupation of the West Bank.

Israeli forces ordered hundreds of Palestinian families to evacuate their homes in the Ein Deir Bahha area of Hebron and its surroundings.

Israeli bulldozers demolished a three-storey building in Hebron.

Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for Israel to take full control of the West Bank.

Two Palestinian gunmen were killed by Israeli security forces after the shooting in Hebron.

Five people were injured in a shooting at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank.

Hamas praised the attack but did not claim responsibility for it.

Wail Qut said the Israeli military told residents that the restrictions would remain until Palestinian farmers stopped trying to access their land near an illegal settler outpost.

On October 11, the Israeli army blocked the village of Madama's four entrances with earthen barriers, citing security reasons.

On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered preparations for a complete lockdown and a large-scale operation throughout the West Bank after an attack in Hebron killed two soldiers.

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians suspected of carrying out a gun attack near a military checkpoint.

Israel's Prime Minister told the army to prepare for the full shut down of the occupied West Bank after a shooting near Hebron.

Yonatan Kanonich, head of research at the Israeli rights group Yesh Din, said that in the vast majority of attacks against Palestinians, no arrests are made at all.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory was out of control.

The United States called for a crackdown on settler violence before the suspects were detained.

Palestinian farmers are being blocked from accessing their olive groves by Israeli settlers and the military during the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank.

Volunteers supporting Palestinian farmers have been detained, including US congressional candidate Brad Lander and activist Andrey X.

Rights groups say perpetrators of settler violence are rarely held accountable.

An Israeli settler was filmed shouting at and assaulting a Palestinian child during an attack on a family east of Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces have been turning Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank into interrogation centres.

Israeli forces have been raiding Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank.

An Israeli minister called for the settlement of the entire occupied West Bank.

Heidi Levine suffered broken ribs and needed hand surgery, and her camera, phone and passport were stolen.

The attacks have killed one Palestinian, injured more than 120, and damaged more than 2,500 trees.

On October 16, in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, about 80 masked settlers armed with clubs charged at Palestinians picking olives.

Israeli police said they arrested 10 suspects in connection with settler attacks.

The settler violence included the severe beating of Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine.

Israeli police released a video they say shows the arrest of the 10 suspects.

At least 96 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the start of the year.

Four Israelis, both security forces and civilians, have been killed by Palestinians in the West Bank over the same period.

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee welcomed the arrests.

Haaretz reported that Israeli forces ignored repeated warnings about threats to the delegation.

Israeli settlers attacked an EU delegation in the occupied West Bank near the Palestinian village of Taybeh.

Levine said she was beaten for more than 10 minutes despite wearing protective clothing identifying her as a journalist.

In July 2024, Israeli settlers attacked a group of mainly American volunteers helping Palestinian farmers near the village of Qusra.

The French mayor assaulted during the October 17 incident was Bernard Baudoux.

The settler pogroms have escalated just weeks before Israel heads to the polls on October 27.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called for a full investigation, arrest and prosecution of the assailants who attacked photojournalist Heidi Levine.

Around 20 masked men descended from an Israeli settlement outpost into an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah.

Heidi Levine remains hospitalized in Tel Aviv recovering from hand surgery, broken ribs, and other injuries sustained in the attack.

Bernard Baudoux says masked settlers attacked his delegation while it was picking olives near Taybeh in the occupied West Bank.

Bernard Baudoux is the Mayor of the French town of Aulnoye-Aymeries.

Bernard Baudoux says his delegation has lodged a protest with the Israeli government.

Levine was attacked by masked Israeli settlers using clubs and other weapons while Palestinian people were attempting to harvest their olives in occupied West Bank towns.

Huckabee posted on X on Saturday noting that Levine was a US citizen who had been clearly identifiable as a journalist.

Levine said her attack ended when her Palestinian colleagues intervened to save her.

The Trump administration has asked Israel to stop settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The US State Department condemned the attack using the phrase 'criminal violence by any party'.

Israeli settlers have been involved in at least 170 pogroms against Palestinians since September 27, according to Yesh Din.

Hisham Amle said about 90 percent of important items used to be available but now even immunotherapies and biologics are missing.

Israel's actions in the occupied West Bank since October 2023 have included widespread road closures, checkpoints, and settler attacks on Palestinian communities.

The PA's problem obtaining medicines is that it has no money to buy them, according to Milena Ansari.

Al Jazeera's Mohammad Saleh reported on the event.

Israeli settlers beat and severely wounded Palestinian farmers.

Israeli settlers beat and severely wounded a Washington Post journalist.

The IDF said no IDF soldiers were present at the scene at the time of the attack, according to a preliminary inquiry.

The injured French official was named Bernard Baudoux.

Belgium's foreign minister Maxime Prevot called for EU sanctions against those responsible for settler violence.

Israeli police arrested 10 suspects in connection with the settler attacks.

Heidi Levine was beaten by settlers in the village of Abu Falah, suffering broken ribs and vertebrae.

A French mayor was assaulted during the attack.

The UN says settler attacks on the olive harvest this year have killed one Palestinian and injured more than 120 others across the West Bank.

Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and set fire to cars and olive trees during the annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank.

A US State Department spokesperson said they were aware of the reports and condemned criminal violence by any party in the West Bank.

In March, China criticized the US and Israeli attacks on Iran and demanded an immediate halt to the joint attacks.

According to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, China was Iran’s largest trading partner and bought up to 90 percent of its oil.

Wang Yi stated that the immediate priority is to fully open access to the Gaza Strip to prevent a humanitarian “catastrophe”.

Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine was taken to hospital after being attacked at the scene.

The settlers torched about a dozen trees and hurled stones from slingshots.

The UN says the past two weeks have seen more attacks by Israeli settlers than during the entire harvest season last year.

Settlers attacked a Palestinian boy in the town of Beita.

According to the Palestinian news outlet Quds News Network, troops raided the village of Tammun and fired tear gas.

Amnesty International states that about 750,000 settlers live illegally in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in Mukhmas, north of occupied East Jerusalem.

Settlers have been carrying out near-daily attacks on Palestinian communities and religious sites.

An olive tree was torched during the attack.

The law to reopen Route 463 will bypass the Knesset in an apparent attempt to speed up the process.

Route 463 was originally constructed in the mid-1990s to connect the Beit El settlement to Dolev settlement.

The Israeli army is reportedly preparing to reopen Route 463 to settler traffic.

Israeli forces raided multiple non-governmental organisations in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians continue to be forcibly displaced from their homes in the Negev and West Bank.

The Palestine Medical Complex is the largest government medical facility in the West Bank.

Israeli forces raided the offices of two Palestinian NGOs in Ramallah on Tuesday.

A journalist was injured after Israeli forces fired tear gas during the raids.

Israeli authorities demolished 80 structures in Al-Dahiya village in Israel's Negev Desert.

Rahat's mayor said the demolitions displaced around 400 Palestinians.

Israeli authorities claimed the demolished structures were built without permits.

Israeli settlers steal olives.

Gaza marks one year since the so-called ceasefire took effect.

Israeli settlers continue attacking Palestinian farmers during this year's harvest.

Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank are calling on international activists to protect them from attacks by Israeli settlers.

A Palestinian man and his child were attacked and their vehicle stolen by settlers in Yabrud.

Israeli forces arrested nine Palestinians in Hebron, including Ibrahimi Mosque Director Moataz Abu Sneineh and Hammam Abu Markhiya.

Hazem Sanaf, a 61-year-old resident of Beit Rima, watched Israeli bulldozers destroy and uproot more than 400 olive trees belonging to him and his neighbour.

The settler in the video is Avichai Suissa, an Israeli settler sanctioned by the European Union, United Kingdom, and previously by the United States.

The Israeli rights group Yesh Din documented 109 incidents of violence directly related to the harvest in 75 Palestinian communities between September 27 and October 6.

In 2007, Beit Alfa Technologies supplied skunk water to the South African Police Service.

Skunk water can be fired from water cannons or dropped from drones.

The St Louis Metropolitan Police Department in Missouri acquired skunk water in 2015 following the protests in Ferguson.

An Israeli soldier was spotted smashing a memorial to Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.

The article was published on 7 October 2026.

B'Tselem published a September report titled 'The Elimination Project' linking dispossession to Smotrich's 2017 'Decisive Plan'.

OCHA counts at least 130 Palestinian communities fully or partly displaced by settler attacks and related restrictions since January 2023, and more than 6,400 people uprooted.

Ras Ein al-Auja had more than 600 Palestinian inhabitants who experienced the largest single-community expulsion of Bedouins in the last three years.

Leila Warah reported the feature for Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera published a feature titled 'A drive through the West Bank' on October 5, 2026.

The feature describes Palestinians in the West Bank as being surrounded by Israeli flags, Israeli soldiers, and Israeli walls.

Smotrich pledged more than three million shekels (almost $1m) to develop Herod's Pool in June.

Alon Arad, executive director of Emek Shaveh, said the pool's origins are unclear.

Herod's Pool is an ancient reservoir in the Palestinian village of Fasayil, near Jericho.

According to the Palestinian Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission, 66 Palestinians have been killed in at least 14,742 attacks in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 2023.

One Palestinian was killed and two others were seriously injured in the Bani Naim incident, according to Palestinian officials.

The Israeli army said in a post on X that the three Palestinians were driving suspiciously and had attempted to carry out a car-ramming attack against soldiers.

Ben-Gvir said he would sell Palestinians to other countries to save on Israel’s defence budget.

Parents pleaded with Israeli soldiers during the arrests.

Israeli forces arrested school children during a raid in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked and blocked Palestinian farmers from harvesting olives as the season begins.

More than 80,000 Palestinian families rely on the olive harvest as a source of income.

Israel's Supreme Court told Palestinian politician Sami Abu Shehadeh to withdraw from the upcoming election or face disqualification.

Analyst Ziad Abu Rish said the move exposes an already rigged system that privileges Jewish Israelis over Palestinians.

Reports describe an Israeli barrier called the "Crimson Thread" extending roughly 480km from the Golan Heights to the Red Sea.

Reports have documented Israeli settlement expansion, land confiscation, and restrictions on Palestinian movement in the West Bank.

King Abdullah II of Jordan has stated that the forced displacement of Palestinians would amount to a declaration of war on Jordan.

OCHA has described Bedouin and herding communities as among the groups most vulnerable to displacement in the West Bank.

Access to Ras al-Ahmar has been blocked since mid-September due to Israeli forces building a barrier through Palestinian land.

Construction of the barrier expanded early this year, including digging trenches and bulldozing agricultural land that damaged wells, water networks and greenhouses.

A funeral for 51-year-old Mashhour Yassin was held in Salfit.

Palestinian officials say Mashhour Yassin was shot dead by Israeli settlers in Yasuf.

Yasuf is located southwest of Nablus.