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News Articles: Occupied West Bank

Mourners carry the body of 14-year-old Palestinian Amir Rabee, a U.S. citizen, during his funeral in the village of Turmus Ayya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Monday.

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  • Middle East

The Israeli troop killing of a U.S. teen in the West Bank sparks outrage

The killing of a Palestinian American teen by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank has sparked an outcry from relatives and community members in the Palestinian territory as well as the U.S.

April 09, 2025
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Ahmad Dwikat, a Palestinian worker, inspects bars of soap stacked to dry before packing them at a soap factory in the West Bank city of Nablus, on March 1.

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  • Middle East

Palestinian soap gets UNESCO recognition as Israel's military operation closes in

An age-old Palestinian tradition of making soap in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was recognized by UNESCO. A visit to one factory tells you why.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Palestinian children walk amid rubble of destroyed houses after Israeli attacks in Jenin camp, the occupied West Bank, on Feb. 26.

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  • World

West Bank Palestinians displaced by Israel's military fear they'll never go home again

Even as the war in Gaza continues, Israel's prime minister says a "larger and more intense front could be opened" in the West Bank, where more than 40,000 have been displaced in the current operation.

March 20, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Ashraf Zughayer (center), a Palestinian who was released from Israeli prison during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, hugs his family in their home in Kfur Aqab, East Jerusalem, on Jan. 25.

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  • Middle East

Palestinians freed in the ceasefire say Israeli forces harass them and their families

Several Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed during this ceasefire deal have been harassed by Israeli forces after their release, their homes raided or their family members arrested.

March 06, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
A teacher leads a class at a school for girls administered but the main U.N. agency for Palestinian aid, UNRWA, in Qalandia refugee camp, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, on Nov. 14. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/nx-s1-5205331/israel-palestinians-unrwa-ban-west-bank"target="_blank"   >Click here for the fully story. </a>

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  • Middle East

As Israel bans UNRWA, Palestinians stand to lose schools and clinics, not only in Gaza

Israel is severing ties with the main United Nations agency that provides aid to Palestinians. With the focus largely on Gaza, the move also threatens key services in the occupied West Bank.

December 03, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Palestinian protesters attend a rally to mark the first anniversary of Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

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  • Middle East

'All this blood, all this death': Palestinians protest Israel war with no end in sight

For Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and the Hamas militant group, the consequences have been unremittingly difficult, and deadly.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Anas Baba and
  • Willem Marx
Palestinians march to honor Turkish American activist Aysenur Eygi in Nablus, in the Israeli- occupied West Bank, on Sunday. Witnesses say Israeli forces shot Eygi dead during a pro-Palestinian demonstration Friday.

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  • Middle East

U.S. urges Israel to swiftly investigate killing of American woman in West Bank

The State Department urged Israel to move quickly to investigate the death of a U.S. woman during a protest against Israeli settlements in the West Bank last week. Eyewitnesses said she was shot in the head by Israeli forces policing the protest. Israeli authorities have said they are investigating the incident.

September 09, 2024
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen,
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
  • and 1 more
Armed Palestinian militants attend a group funeral of people killed in a raid by Israeli forces, in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, on May 23.

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  • Middle East

What West Bank Palestinian youths are fighting for, in their own words

The Israeli military vows to stamp out Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian fighters tell NPR they are willing to die to resist Israeli occupation.

September 07, 2024
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Nadav Weiman, deputy director of Breaking the Silence, walks through the abandoned Palestinian village of Zanuta in the occupied West Bank on Feb. 19.

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  • Middle East

Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts

NPR visits one West Bank town where Israelis are grazing sheep, in a place where a Palestinian school once stood.

March 23, 2024
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 30, 2023.

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  • News

Who is Mohammad Mustafa, the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority?

Mustafa was appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a move seen as an attempt to appease U.S. demands for reform.

March 16, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A bench is seen at the entrance of the Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp 10 days after a raid by Israeli forces, Dec. 23, 2023.

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  • Middle East

How a West Bank Palestinian theater went from symbol of hope to casualty of war

Jenin's Freedom Theatre was ransacked by Israeli soldiers, its staff thrown in jail. Once celebrated as a peace initiative, it's the latest casualty of near-daily military raids on the West Bank.

January 28, 2024
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  • Lauren Frayer
Israa Jaabis, center, a Palestinian prisoner released by Israel, is hugged by relatives as she arrives home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, early Sunday Nov. 26, 2023.

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  • Middle East

In pictures: emotional scenes as Israel and Hamas trade prisoners for hostages

Hamas freed 17 hostages and Israel released 39 Palestinian detainees. We take a look at what has happened so far.

November 26, 2023
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By:
  • Tanya Habjouqa,
  • Maya Levin,
  • and 2 more
Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, on Feb. 22. The raid left scores of people hurt and killed 10 Palestinians. Israel's military says it suffered no casualties.

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  • Middle East

Israeli raid leaves 11 dead and 100 wounded, Palestinians say, as violence rises

The Israeli military says it was targeting a militant group in the West Bank called the Lion's Den. So far this year, at least 55 Palestinians — including civilians — have been killed.

February 22, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Larry Kaplow
Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday. The Israeli army said it was targeting an emerging armed group called Lions' Den.

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  • World

A new group of TikTok-savvy Palestinian fighters tests Israeli forces in the West Bank

Israeli troops raided the occupied West Bank saying they were targeting members of the Lions' Den. Here's what we know about the new armed Palestinian group.

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin

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