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West Bank has worsened in 2026, aid groups say, citing intensified military operations, growing movement restrictions and increased settler violence. Children have reported harassment and attacks while travelling to school. This week, two children were
Settler violence across the West Bank On April 21 in al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, a shooter in military fatigues [opened fire towards](https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXcNMUqj9Mr/) a school, killing two people, including a teenager, according
West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. The Mayor of al-Mughayyir, Amin Abu Alia, told the BBC that around 10 settlers approached the village along with soldiers and started shooting towards a school. He said
news agency Wafa reported that a resident was seriously injured by Israeli fire during the same operation – accounts that could not be independently reconciled. According to the United Nations, at least 44 Palestinians have been
West Bank was on May 13, when dozens of settlers, under military protection, launched a coordinated attack on the villages of Jilijliya, Sinjil and Abwein, north of Ramallah, according to local Palestinian activist networks. During
West Bank has been forced by Israeli [settlers](/news/2026/5/9/israeli-settlers-set-fire-to-homes-and-cars-in-violent-west-bank-raids), reportedly under military protection, to dig up their father’s grave and rebury him, which the United Nations is condemning as “appalling and dehumanising”. Eighty-year
settlers were using sexual assault as a tool to force Palestinians out of their homes in the occupied West Bank. Allegations of sexual assault of detainees in Israeli detention have also been documented by Israeli
settler attacks on villages near Ramallah, continued Israeli strikes on civilians in Gaza, new evictions and demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem, and US-Hamas diplomatic talks in Cairo that showed some glimmers of progress – while
violence inflicted on Palestinians in the [occupied West Bank](/news/2026/5/5/palestine-weekly-wrap-israeli-security-agencies-sound-alarm-on-settlers) by Israeli settlers, often with support from Israeli forces. While Israel has had an openly antagonistic relationship with Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Israel
news agency reported that Israeli soldiers arrested a young Palestinian man after assaulting him in the Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem, and another from the village of Zawata, west of Nablus. Another Palestinian
news agency. Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israel has committed 2,400 violations of the “ceasefire”, which began between Israel and Hamas in October. These include killings, arrests, blockades and starvation policies. Israel
news of this arrest warrant, Smotrich said he “will sign an order to evacuate Khan al-Ahmar”, forcibly transferring the Palestinian community from this occupied West Bank village that has endured a [years-long legal
settlers are using gendered violence](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/21/israeli-soldiers-using-sexual-assault-to-force-palestinians-out-of-west-bank-report-says) and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts have said. Palestinian women
news agency reported. He said Israeli authorities were also “burying the idea of a Palestinian state”. Authorities have approved 126 housing units in the northern West Bank settlement, south of Jenin, and 16 families have
violence in the occupied West Bank continued unabated this week. According to reports from Palestinian activist networks, on April 29, Israeli forces shot dead 16-year-old Ibrahim Abd al-Khayat during a raid
violence, Trump made what appeared to be a unilateral announcement on Tuesday that the US would extend the ceasefire with Tehran until it had discussed an Iranian proposal in peace talks