West Bank

Attacks on Israelis near Hebron after Palestinian killed

One Palestinian tried to stab Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint near Beit Einun village north of Hebron and was shot dead by troops.

Nov 02, 2015, 01:20 AM IST

Israel denies link to 'tear gas death' of Palestinian baby

Israel's military refused to have any link between its use of tear gas during West Bank clashes.

Nov 01, 2015, 04:12 AM IST

Palestinian suspected knife attacker killed in West Bank

Israeli forces on Saturday killed a Palestinian armed with a knife on the border between the northern occupied West Bank and Israel before he could attack them, police said.

Oct 31, 2015, 17:16 PM IST

Israel legalises hundreds of West Bank settler homes

Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Oct 30, 2015, 20:44 PM IST

Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier and is shot in West Bank

Israeli military says a Palestinian stabbed a soldier in the West Bank and was shot by security forces.

Oct 29, 2015, 15:25 PM IST

UN warns of Israel-Palestinian catastrophe as attacks persist

The United Nations has warned that a deadly surge in violence between Israelis and Palestinians is leading them toward "catastrophe" as new knife attacks struck the volatile West Bank.

Oct 29, 2015, 03:25 AM IST

More bloodshed as bid to ease tensions over Jerusalem

Fresh anti-Israeli violence saw three Palestinians shot dead in the West Bank while efforts to douse tensions over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound by installing cameras at the site ran into trouble.

Oct 27, 2015, 11:50 AM IST

New knife attacks on Israelis as Al-Aqsa measures announced

Attacks and clashes have become near daily occurrences since simmering tensions over Al-Aqsa boiled over in early October.

Oct 26, 2015, 10:33 AM IST

Fresh Israeli-Palestinian violence after new Al-Aqsa measures

Fresh violence flared between Israelis and Palestinians on Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to install security cameras at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a bid to defuse tensions.

Oct 25, 2015, 18:46 PM IST

Israel eases Al-Aqsa limits as 90 wounded in Gaza, West Bank

Israel lifted age limits for prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Oct 24, 2015, 00:25 AM IST

Israel soldier wounded in West Bank stabbing, attacker shot

Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian assailant who stabbed and lightly wounded a soldier in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Army said.

Oct 23, 2015, 13:32 PM IST

Four Palestinian attackers shot dead in latest violence: Israel

Palestinian protesters carried out five stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Saturday, authorities said, as a month-long outburst of violence showed no signs of abating. The unrest came despite new security measures that have placed troops and checkpoints around Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem. At least four assailants were killed.

Oct 18, 2015, 16:03 PM IST

Four Palestinians killed in anti-Israeli knife attacks

Four Palestinians were shot dead and a fifth wounded in attacks on Israelis in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, as violence that has fuelled concerns of an uprising showed no let-up.

Oct 18, 2015, 13:17 PM IST

Three Palestinians killed trying to stab Israelis

Three Palestinians were shot dead trying to stab Israelis in east Jerusalem and the West Bank on Saturday, as violence that has fuelled international concerns of a full-scale uprising showed no let-up.

Oct 17, 2015, 18:42 PM IST

Israel-Palestinian violence flares after Jewish holy site fire-bombed, 4 dead

Stone-throwing protests erupted across the West Bank and Gaza and assailants firebombed a site revered by Jews as the tomb of biblical Joseph on a "day of rage" against Israel.

Oct 17, 2015, 06:34 AM IST

Palestinians torch Jewish shrine amid 'revolution' calls

Palestinians torched a site revered by Jews in the West Bank overnight, Israeli and Palestinian sources said on Friday, amid calls for fresh protests after more than two weeks of deadly unrest.

Oct 16, 2015, 18:11 PM IST

Three dead as Jerusalem sees bloodiest day in rising unrest

Jerusalem suffered its bloodiest day yet on Tuesday in a wave of unrest, with at least three people killed and many wounded in shooting and car-and-knife attacks on Israelis.

Oct 13, 2015, 20:41 PM IST

Palestinian youths stab Israeli boy of 13 as violence rages on

Two Palestinian youths of 13 and 15 stabbed and critically injured a 13-year-old Israeli boy riding his bike in northern Jerusalem on Monday, police said, continuing a wave of attacks in the city in which three alleged Palestinian assailants were shot dead.

Oct 13, 2015, 10:45 AM IST

Palestinian killed, Arab attacks Israelis as unrest mounts

Speaking on teh clashes, a spokesman for Hamas said "this shows the occupation's desire to escalate".

Oct 12, 2015, 10:24 AM IST

Death toll climbs as Palestinian unrest spirals

Violence between Israelis and Palestinians threatened to spiral out of control today with two more Palestinians killed in Gaza, two stabbings outside Jerusalem's Old City and more West Bank clashes.

Oct 11, 2015, 00:18 AM IST