Five Israelis wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank shooting

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   Five Israelis wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank shooting

   BBC NewsPublished Oct 23, 2026Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “The attack happened at a military checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Hebron Five Israelis have been wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed by Israeli security forces following a shooting in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say. Unverified footage shared on social media shows an intense gun battle between soldiers and the gunmen, at a military checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Hebron. The attack comes at a time of high tensions in the West Bank, with extremist Jewish settlers targeting Palestinians during the annual olive harvest, and Israel's general election taking place in four days time. The Israeli military said it had found a large quantity of ammunition in the attackers' vehicle. The military said they believe the gunmen had intended to carry out a much larger attack on the nearby Route 35, but unexpectedly ran into the checkpoint - so instead decided to open fire there. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has built his election campaign on promising security, said he had instructed the military to prepare for a full lockdown of the West Bank, beginning later on Friday. The West Bank was already expected to be placed under lockdown for the election on Monday and Tuesday, according to Israeli media. Netanyahu added that his Likud party would cancel campaign events for the morning.”

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   Occupation, displacement, and violence in the West Bank: A retrospective analysis of data from 2014-2024.

   PLOS global public health (Aly et al.)Published Jun 25, 2025Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “GIS mapping methods visualized spatial variations in casualties and demolitions. Death and injury rates were substantially higher for Palestinians than Israelis: RR = 5.72 (95% CI 2.38, 13.75; p < 0.001) for deaths and RR = 16.47 (6.86, 39.56; p < 0.001) for injuries. Refugee camps had increased death rates: IRR = 7.91 (5.26, 11.89; p < 0.0001) compared to non-refugee camp populations. Since October 2023, West Bank deaths were 25% higher than expected: RR = 1.25 (1.15, 1.36; p < 0.0001) and displacement 17% higher: RR = 1.17 (1.12, 1.21; p < 0.0001). Nablus and Jenin recorded the highest fatalities. Jabal al-Mukkabir in East Jerusalem experienced the highest number of demolitions. Our study confirms a significant disparity in rates of conflict-related traumatic injuries and deaths between Palestinians and Israelis. The findings emphasize the need to limit military force against civilians, to hold the Israeli government accountable for demolitions and displacement, and to instigate protective measures in refugee communities. Policy efforts should prioritize conflict de-escalation, including reaching a sustainable political solution.”

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   Assessing the mental health impacts of Israeli occupation infrastructure in the West Bank by combining geospatial data with a representative survey of Palestinian youth.

   Health & place (Almasalkhi et al.)Published Feb 22, 2025Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “Palestinian youth in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) live in proximity to various forms of Israeli occupation infrastructure, such as checkpoints, road obstructions, a separation barrier, and Israeli settlements. We investigated the effect of proximity to such infrastructure on youth mental health and health risk behaviors by linking geospatial data on the locations of occupation infrastructure to geocoded survey data collected from a representative sample of Palestinian youth living in the West Bank. We estimated the relationship of youth mental health and proximity to each type of occupation infrastructure with controls for exposure to conflict-related violence and a range of demographic factors. We found that youth mental health is strongly negatively impacted by proximity to manned checkpoints (for males and females) and proximity to settlements (for females), and these impacts appear to be direct rather than mediated by conflict-related trauma exposure. The results indicate the importance of environmental aspects of the conflict for youth mental health, in addition to conflict-related violence itself.”

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   Measuring human rights violations from an ecological perspective using a locally generated instrument: a cross-sectional study of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

   Frontiers in public health (Giacaman et al.)Published May 22, 2025Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “Palestinians living in Area C, fully controlled by Israel and where illegal Israeli settlements on confiscated Palestinian land are located, had higher odds of reporting experiences of general human rights violations, alongside those committed by the Israeli military occupier, the Palestinian Authority, and the family. Participants with lower educational levels and those from poorer backgrounds had higher odds of reporting human rights violations by all offenders.DiscussionThis study underscores the importance of considering the family and community as potential human rights perpetrators and highlights the significance of using mixed methods in research to ground findings in participant experiences. Particularly during wartime, as violence permeates daily life, the combination of violations from family, community, government, and military occupiers is likely to be synergistic, exacerbating the experienced suffering and making life increasingly difficult to endure. This may also lead to significant negative impacts on health, whether physical or mental, as health is fundamentally a social and political construct.”

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   Israeli–Palestinian conflict (Wikipedia)

   WikipediaChecked Oct 23, 2026

   “Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the former territory of Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict have included Palestinian refugees, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, the permit regime in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian freedom of movement, and the Palestinian right of return. The conflict has its origins in the rise of Zionism in the late 19th century in Europe, a movement which aimed to establish a Jewish state through colonization in the region of Palestine. The Zionist movement garnered the support of an imperial power in the 1917 Balfour Declaration issued by Britain, which promised to support the creation of a "Jewish homeland" in Palestine. Following British occupation of the formerly Ottoman region during World War I, Mandatory Palestine was established as a British mandate.”