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Rescue workers search for survivors after an explosion at Israeli military headquarters in the Lebanese city of Tyre in 1982. (Wikimedia Commons/IDF Archive)
Israel launches formal inquiry into 1982 blast at IDF headquarters in Lebanon war
By Emanuel Fabian
Officials long claimed that explosion which killed 91 people in Tyre was a gas leak, but probe launched last year says there’s reason to believe it was a Hezbollah suicide bombing
Photos show an attack by settlers on the Palestinian village of Umm Safa in the West Bank on June 24, 2023. (Yesh Din)
Settlers riot in another Palestinian village; IDF spokesman: ‘Shameful acts of terror’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers and settlers at the entrance to the West Bank town of Turmus Aya, June 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
US pans settler rampages, says Netanyahu’s settlement announcement ‘incites tensions’
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian homes and cars are seen on fire following a settler attack in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, June 21, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Palestinian killed in unclear circumstances as settlers rampage in West Bank town
By Emanuel Fabian
Posters bearing the portraits of recently killed Israelis, with 'revenge' written underneath them in Hebrew are plastered along the Tapuach junction bus station in the West Bank, guarded by Israeli soldiers, on June 25, 2023. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 10:43 pm
IDF sends 2 more battalions to West Bank after series of settler attacks
In all, 25 battalions will be deployed to region, a sharp increase from the typical 13
By Emanuel Fabian
Rescue workers search for survivors after an explosion at Israeli military headquarters in the Lebanese city of Tyre in 1982. (Wikimedia Commons/IDF Archive)
June 25, 2023, 6:31 pm
Israel launches formal inquiry into 1982 blast at IDF headquarters in Lebanon war
Officials long claimed that explosion which killed 91 people in Tyre was a gas leak, but probe launched last year says there’s reason to believe it was a Hezbollah suicide bombing
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: An Israeli soldier mans the Reihan checkpoint near the Israeli settlement of the same name, near Jenin in the West Bank on June 22, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 10:54 am
Palestinian gunmen target IDF post near Nablus; no injuries
Military says assailants open fire from passing vehicle near northern West Bank city; troops return fire
By Emanuel Fabian
Photos show an attack by settlers on the Palestinian village of Umm Safa in the West Bank on June 24, 2023. (Yesh Din)
June 25, 2023, 12:29 am
Off-duty soldier among 4 detained in latest settler attack on Palestinian village
Serviceman is suspected of involvement in Saturday rampage through Umm Safa in West Bank, where settlers set vehicles and homes ablaze and opened fire on civilians
By Emanuel Fabian
A screenshot from video of settlers firing at the West Bank village of Umm Safa on June 24, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 24, 2023, 9:22 pm
IDF, Shin Bet, police chiefs denounce settler attacks as ‘terror,’ vow to fight them
In rare joint statement, top officials say vigilante attacks targeting Palestinian civilians ‘contradict Jewish values,’ divert forces from fighting Palestinian terror
By Emanuel Fabian
Photos show an attack by settlers on the Palestinian village of Umm Safa in the West Bank on June 24, 2023. (Yesh Din)
June 24, 2023, 4:32 pm
Settlers riot in another Palestinian village; IDF spokesman: ‘Shameful acts of terror’
On fifth consecutive day of violence, assailants drive on Shabbat to set fire to cars and homes in Umm Safa, near Ramallah; IDF troops detain one suspect
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers at the entrance to Turmus Ayya, as smoke rises over the West Bank town after settlers set fire to cars and homes, June 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 24, 2023, 8:55 am
IDF: ‘We failed’ to stop settler rampage through Palestinian town
Military says forces were spread too thin to stop mob who rampaged through Turmus Ayya after deadly terror attack
By Agencies
Palestinian-Americans Olfat Abdel Aziz, left, and her daughters Nur, center, and Amal, right, pose for a portrait with their US passports in their damaged home in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, days after a rampage by settlers, Friday, June 23, 2023.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
June 23, 2023, 11:35 pm
US, EU officials pay solidarity visit to Palestinian town ransacked by settlers
Victim slain during rampage identified as permanent resident of US; Palestinian Affairs unit in embassy urges Israel to hold those responsible for attack accountable
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers at the Tapuah checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 30, 2014 (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
June 23, 2023, 7:42 pm
Israeli woman ‘dressed as Palestinian’ shot while trying to stab troops in West Bank
Woman taken to hospital with injuries to lower body; investigators reportedly examining if she was trying to die by suicide
By ToI Staff
Officers of Border Police's West Bank undercover unit are seen operating in the West Bank city of Jenin, following a roadside bombing wounding Israeli troops, June 19, 2023. (Israel Police)
June 23, 2023, 1:27 pm
Police footage shows moment troops targeted by Jenin roadside bomb, rescue operation
‘Guys, calm down, we just drove over an explosive device,’ commander says over radio; 7 soldiers were hurt in blast targeting APC in West Bank city
By Emanuel Fabian
Armed Israeli settlers are seen opening fire in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, June 21, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)
June 23, 2023, 12:01 pm
Armed settlers opened fire during rampage in West Bank’s Turmus Ayya, footage shows
Masked men with assault rifles seen shooting during rioting in Palestinian town; five Palestinians said shot, including one fatally; police say one suspect was shot by officer
By Emanuel Fabian
The damage caused by a settler rampage in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, on June 21, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 8:51 pm
As settler violence continues, Nides says US ‘won’t stand by’ and let it happen
Biden administration escalates its rhetoric against rampages targeting Palestinians, but attacks continue throughout West Bank for third day in a row
By Jacob Magid
Right: Masked Palestinian gunmen gather during a funeral for those killed in an Israeli army raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, March 8, 2023. Left: The scene of an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near Jenin on June 21, 2023 (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP; (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 22, 2023, 5:03 pm
With drone strike, IDF changes West Bank rules in response to emboldened terrorism
Military employed airpower after seeing terrorists increasingly use highways for shooting attacks and violently resist Israeli incursions into Jenin
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli troops demolish the apartment of Abdel Kamel Jouri, a Palestinian gunman accused of killing a soldier in the West Bank, in the city of Nablus, early June 22, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 22, 2023, 6:20 am
IDF razes home of 2nd gunman accused of killing soldier in West Bank last year
Footage shows controlled blasts at Nablus home of Abdel Kamel Jouri, who IDF says took part in October killing of Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers and settlers at the entrance to the West Bank town of Turmus Aya, June 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
June 22, 2023, 12:16 am
US pans settler rampages, says Netanyahu’s settlement announcement ‘incites tensions’
State Department spokesman calls for those behind Israeli reprisal attacks to be held fully accountable, also slams Israeli practice of holding onto bodies of Palestinian attackers
By Jacob Magid
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