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Investigations, breaking developments, and the evidentiary record — updated continuously.
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Itamar Ben Gvir rode a bulldozer during the demolition of a Palestinian building in East Jerusalem's al-Tur neighborhood, leaving roughly 70 residents homeless.
Settlers shot and killed 19-year-old Bahaa Nathsheh near Ramallah; Israeli forces allegedly blocked medics, and six Palestinians were detained, Palestinian sources say.
Settlers attacked olive pickers and burned trees in three West Bank villages Saturday while Israeli soldiers detained journalists and forced activists off farmland at gunpoint.
Itamar Ben Gvir tells Israeli TV the entire West Bank 'belongs to Israel,' vows to dismantle the Palestinian Authority and push Palestinian departure if made defence minister.
About 100 settlers raided Jalud and burned Toubasi family homes hours after an Israeli court ordered their return, part of a night of attacks across the West Bank.
Over 100 settlers overran a 15-officer Israeli escort in Jalud, torching homes a court had ordered returned to the Tubasi family. ICRC calls conditions "untenable."
Israel sealed the West Bank for Sukkot, tightening a checkpoint network the UN counts at over 300 sites among 925 obstacles restricting 3.4 million Palestinians.
Israeli bulldozers razed 24 homes and sealed caves in Janba, Masafer Yatta, displacing 176 Palestinians including 85 children, B'Tselem reports.
Israeli forces shot dead a 29-year-old Palestinian near Ramallah after a car-ramming wounded the son of Israel's US ambassador; his body was reportedly withheld.
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Palestinian herders describe settler drones used for years to surveil, threaten and drive them from land east of Ramallah, including before two fatal shootings.
Palestinian factory owners describe settler arson destroying equipment and olive groves in Ein Siniya and as-Samu, with soldiers accused of blocking firefighting efforts.
B'Tselem's new report says Israel is systematically dismantling the conditions of Palestinian collective life in the West Bank, naming Smotrich's 2017 plan as the guiding document.
