West Bank

West Bank

A drone view shows Kedar Sheep farm, an Israeli outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg

What is Land Day and why is it significant for Palestinians?

The protests were triggered by an Israeli government decision to confiscate about 2,000 hectares (approximately 4,942 acres) of land in the Galilee region

An elder woman embraces a Palestinian child, Khaled, as mourners carry the bodies of his family, the parents and two children, who were killed in an Israeli raid, during their funeral in Tammoun town near Tubas, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 15 March 2026. Photo: Reuters

Israeli forces kill 16 people in Gaza and the West Bank, medics say

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Ameer Shanaran, who, according to Palestinian authorities, was killed by an Israeli settler, during his funeral in Yatta near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 8, 2026. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Israeli settler fatally shoots Palestinian in West Bank, health ministry says

A drone view shows Kedar Sheep farm, an Israeli outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg

Various foreign ministers condemn Israel over West Bank moves: Statement

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and a woman hold a map that shows the long-frozen E1 settlement scheme, that would split East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, on the day of a press conference near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Trump opposes Israel's annexation of occupied West Bank: White House

Palestinians walk behind a closed gate at the entrance of Turmus Ayya village near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman/File Photo

UN accuses Israel of West Bank 'apartheid'

A general view shows construction of the Israeli settlement of Ramat Givat Zeev in the occupied-West Bank November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israeli settlements in West Bank growing at highest level since 2017: UN

The silhouettes of a military vehicle and a soldier are seen near the Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, 16 December 2024. Photo: Reuters

Israeli army announces new operation in northern West Bank

Experts estimate the tree to be 3,000 to 5,500 years old. Photo: AFP via BSS

West Bank's ancient olive tree a 'symbol of Palestinian endurance'

A Palestinian holds olives during harvest season, in the village of Maniya, near Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, 22 October , 2025. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

West Bank farmers gather precious olives as harvest season brings new settler attacks

Excavators expand an Israeli bypass road connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israeli bulldozers in West Bank carve up hopes for Palestinian state

Right-wing Knesset members Itamar Ben-Gvir (Left) and Bezalel Smotrich, Jerusalem, September 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool

Israeli far-right ministers urge West Bank annexation as Western countries recognise Palestinian state

A general view shows construction of the Israeli settlement of Ramat Givat Zeev in the occupied-West Bank November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

UN rights office says Israeli settlement plan breaks international law