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An Israeli soldier stands next to an ambulance after the army curfew was lifted for three hours, in the southern neighborhoods of the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), January 21, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

Israel’s roadblocks are choking emergency care in the West Bank

With proliferating closures, checkpoints, and settler attacks, Palestinian medics say routine ambulance journeys have become life-or-death ordeals.

By Shatha Yaish August 13, 2026

Palestinians in the village of Qaryut mourn the killing of two residents who were shot dead by an Israeli settler, occupied West Bank, March 3, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

With West Bank under total Israeli closure, settlers are seizing the moment

Israeli settlers have killed two Palestinians and raided dozens of villages amid the war with Iran, as the army restricts movement and backs up the attackers.

By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra March 4, 2026

The bed of 13-year-old Bana Laboum, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in her room in the village of Qaryut, occupied West Bank, September 15, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

Settlers attacked Bana’s village. Then a soldier shot her through her window

After Israeli settlers assaulted Palestinians with rocks and Molotov cocktails, soldiers raided Qaryut and killed a 13-year-old as she stood in her bedroom.

By Oren Ziv September 23, 2024

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Israeli settlers drive a tractor in the outpost of Ramat Migron, occupied West Bank, September 8, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A new surge of settler outposts is terrorizing Palestinians off their land

Palestinians across the West Bank describe how Israeli settlers, with military backing, are intensifying their takeover of land for illegal construction.

By Imad Abu Hawash March 8, 2024

Israeli soldiers take away two Palestinians they’ve arrested, one of them while unconscious, Qaryut, West Bank, March 15, 2015. (photo: Activestills.org)

Army arrests unconscious activist at Corrie commemoration

During an olive planting action to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians–one of them while unconscious. Text and photos by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org Marking 12 years since the death of Rachel Corrie, activists planted 40 olive trees in the threatened lands of the West Bank…

By Activestills March 16, 2015

A man's face is bloodied after being attacked by Jewish extremists who descended from the direction of Yitzhar toward Palestinians and Israeli volunteers picking olives in Burin, October 20, 2013. (Photo: Munir Qadus / Yesh Din)

PHOTOS: Settlers attack Palestinian olive pickers, damage trees

Palestinian olive growers and their trees were attacked across the northern West Bank on Sunday, resulting in at least four injuries and the destruction of dozens of trees at the height of the yearly olive harvest. In the village of Burin on Sunday, Palestinian olive pickers and Israeli volunteers were attacked by masked settlers, who arrived…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 20, 2013

The arrest of 'B' near his village, Krayut. (Photo courtesy of Yesh Din)

The consequences of a culture of lies

The IDF used to take pride in reporting the truth. Nothing good has happened since it stopped. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Once, quite a long time ago, the IDF used to proudly claim that its troops reported the truth, and that this was the secret of its success. Officers boasted that unlike…

By +972 Magazine September 30, 2013