Hebron

Israeli soldiers patrolling through the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, 4 July 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron

By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City.

By Basel Adra July 14, 2026

Palestinian residents and activists gather for a screening of "Coexistence my Ass!" in late December. (Mohanad Qufisha)

In Hebron’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian cinema opens its doors

The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.

By Basel Adra February 2, 2026

Palestinian Muslim worshippers wait to cross the Qalandiya checkpoint between the West Bank and Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayer during the holy month of Ramadan at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s old city, April 5, 2024. (Wahaj Bani Moufleh/ActiveStills)

For pregnant Palestinian women, checkpoints are a matter of life and death

When I went into labor, I put off leaving home for hours, fearing Israeli soldiers and settlers. We reached the hospital in Hebron in time, but not all are so lucky.

By Hala H. June 10, 2025

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Closed shops in the West Bank city of Hebron as part of a strike following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, July 31, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Israeli soldiers systematically abusing Palestinians in Hebron, report reveals

Whipped with a belt, beaten in the groin, threatened with rape: Palestinians recount a pattern of arbitrary attacks in the West Bank city this year.

By Oren Ziv December 9, 2024

Palestinian residents of Khirbet Zanuta pack their belongings and house materials as they flee their homes following a spike in Israeli settler violence during the Gaza war, West Bank, November 1, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

‘If you don’t leave, we’ll kill you’: Hundreds flee Israeli settler violence in Hebron area

Seeing the Gaza war as a golden hour to fulfill their West Bank ambitions, Israeli settlers have chased out entire Palestinian communities in Area C.

By Imad Abu Hawash November 22, 2023

A security camera is seen inside the Old City of Jerusalem, October 14, 2022. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

‘The system learns to recognize you’: Amnesty calls out automated apartheid

Following major report, Amnesty adviser Matt Mahmoudi explains how facial recognition technology is bolstering Israel's control over Palestinians.

By Ameera Kawash May 2, 2023

Palestinian residents of Huwara walk among their burned homes, cars, and businesses the morning after Israeli settlers rampaged through their town in the West Bank, Feb. 27, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

The pogrom is the point

When Israeli officials call on settlers not to take the law into their own hands against Palestinians, they are actually saying 'let the army do the job for you.'

By Orly Noy February 27, 2023

A film is screened at Muristan Square in Jerusalem's Old City as part of the Jerusalem Film Festival, July 14, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Can Israeli documentary film survive as a haven for criticism of the occupation?

For years, left-wing filmmakers have resisted the right’s attempts at delegitimization. But political pressure may soon dry up their funding.

By Noam Sheizaf January 15, 2023

An Israeli soldier assaults a left-wing Israeli-Jewish activist in Hebron, occupied West Bank, November 25, 2022. (Courtesy of Breaking the Silence)

The far right is ‘taking over’ the Israeli army — with leftists in its crosshairs

Mikhael Manekin was part of a group of left-wing Israelis attacked by soldiers in Hebron last week. He tells +972 army violence in the city is getting worse.

By Oren Ziv November 29, 2022

Israeli Jews march through Hebron in the occupied West Bank, after earlier attacks by settlers on the city's Palestinian residents, November 19, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

‘I couldn’t breathe’: A weekend of settler violence in Hebron

Palestinian residents of the occupied city, long used to settler aggression, describe a mass attack by religious Israelis as security forces stood by.

By Oren Ziv November 22, 2022

Palestinian gunmen from Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades seen during a military parade in Balata Refugee Camp, West Bank, September 21, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

The northern West Bank is taking up arms. Will the south join?

Armed resistance against Israeli incursions is mostly concentrated in Jenin and Nablus. But Palestinians on the ground say that could quickly change.

By Basel Adra October 12, 2022

The ruins of Palestinian stores after they were bulldozed by Israeli settlers, Old City of Hebron, occupied West Bank, July 22, 2022. (Courtesy of Breaking the Silence)

Settlers bulldoze shuttered Palestinian stores in Hebron’s Old City

For two decades, settlers have looted and burned Palestinian shops closed by the Israeli army. Now, they’re knocking them down to expand a settlement.

By Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham August 1, 2022

Muhammad Ghunaimat in Al-Ahly Hospital, Hebron, occupied West Bank, April 24, 2022. (Basil al-Adraa)

After blocking West Bank road, settlers open fire and wound Palestinians

A teenager is among those wounded after Israeli settlers and soldiers shot live rounds at Palestinians trying to remove roadblocks near the village of Surif.

By Basel Adra April 27, 2022