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Record Israeli settlements in the West Bank
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Record Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Israel’s right-wing government has overseen a record expansion of settlements in the West Bank in recent years. The settlements, which are illegal under international law, are driving the displacement of Palestinians. One proposal the government is now advancing is the controversial E1 settlement plan, which would effectively slice the West Bank in two and severely undermine Palestinian aspirations for a contiguous state.

​An Israeli activist records illegal settlers driving past a village in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, on October 28, 2025.
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​Israeli machinery maneuvers during an Israeli operation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Gaza ceasefire hits a snag

The Israeli government says it won’t return 600 Palestinian prisoners until Hamas commits to halting the hostage “ceremonies.” Moving beyond phase one of the ceasefire is dependent upon their return.

​A Palestinian pushes belongings past the rubble of buildings and houses destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, January 22, 2025.
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UNRWA ban looms in Gaza, tensions flare in West Bank

Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on Sunday, over 2,500 aid trucks have entered Gaza to provide much-needed humanitarian relief.

Plane descends through air strike smoke to land at airport in Beirut, Lebanon in this screengrab obtained on October 1, 2024. ​
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Israel broadens the battlefield

The world still awaits Israel’s retaliation against Iran for Tehran’s brazen missile attack last Tuesday.

​Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Walid al-Omari, reads from military order papers that were handed to him by Israeli soldiers at the Al Jazeera office in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 22, 2024 in this screen grab from video.
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​Demonstrators take part in a march in support of Palestinians in Gaza and to salute the slain Jordanian who shot and killed three Israeli civilians, according to the Israeli authorities, at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank, in Amman, Jordan September 8, 2024.
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Israel’s Jordan and Lebanon borders see new security threats

A Jordanian gunman on Sunday killed three Israeli guards at the Allenby Bridge, the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.

​People react inside a damaged residence following an Israeli raid, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Sept. 6, 2024.
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American woman killed at protest in West Bank

An American woman was fatally shot at a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, the State Department confirmed.

Israeli security forces members take part in a raid, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024.
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Is the war in Gaza expanding to the West Bank?

Israel has accused Iran of smuggling weapons into the West Bank and fomenting conflict there.