Jenin

'Operation New Order': 30 arrested, weapons seized in major Tarabin police raid in the Negev

The suspects were reportedly detained for questioning on violence and weapons offenses, which included two pistols, two rifles, stun grenades, and seized ammunition.

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
Police seize rifles and grenades in Tarabin as "Operation New Order" intensifies in the south. January 7, Negev
Israel security forces apprehend five terrorists planning an imminent terror attack in the Barta'a area near Jenin, November 30, 2025.

IDF: Staying in West Bank refugee camps will quell lone-wolf terror

To date, the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) have succeeded in catching and stopping such efforts, but some of the rocket building efforts have progressed to later stages.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
AN OFFICER during Operation 'New Order' on December 31, 2025.

Police make arrests in Bedouin community, find stolen IDF weapons in Rahat kindergarten

Over the course of the day, motorcycle patrols wrote 108 traffic tickets and confiscated two ATVs and a dirt bike, which were transferred for forfeiture proceedings. 

|ByTZVI JASPER
(From L-R) IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Tamir Yadai at a meeting discussing West Bank counterterror, December 31, 2025.

WATCH: Katz urges invasion of West Bank refugee camps as Trump calls for restraint

Katz said expanded IDF control of West Bank camps reduced terror, despite US calls to curb military activity.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

From King Saul to today: The Gilboa’s role in Israel’s past and present - opinion

MY WORD: Collective and personal memories in the Gilboa mountains.

MARCH 14, 2025ByLIAT COLLINS
THE VIEW overlooking the Valley of the Springs from the Shamir Lookout on the Gilboa.

Jenin resident breaches into IDF base, runs over soldier while being chased by police

The IDF confirmed that the victim was a soldier and that he was evacuated to a hospital for treatment. The IDF also clarified that the incident is not being classified as a terror attack.

MARCH 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(llustrative) Police at the scene of a stabbing attack at the entrance to Tzrifin military base in central Israel, where two Israeli soldiers were injured, one of them in serious condition. April 4, 2023.

IDF eliminates top Hamas official in Jenin operation

During the operation, Border Police, together with IDF soldiers, killed two additional terrorists and arrested three wanted individuals. 

MARCH 4, 2025ByAMIR BOHBOT
IDF counterterrorism operation in the West Bank throughout the month of February 2025.

WATCH: Elite Yamam unit arrests armed terror suspects en route to imminent attack

During the operation, forces arrested Ahmad Ali Zakarnah and Tariq Abu Zaid in Nablus while they were en route to carry out an attack.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police arrest two terror suspects about to carry out an imminent terror attack in January.

Katz admits IDF has evacuated 40,000 Palestinians from West Bank homes

In response, the IDF told The Jerusalem Post that only 13,500 Palestinians have been evacuated.

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
DEFENSE MINISTER Israel Katz appears before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last month.

Despite Hamas suspension of hostage releases, IDF plans no imminent attacks in Gaza

There were no public statements by the IDF about Lebanon nor reports of altercations, potentially suggesting that the military on one end and Hezbollah on the other end.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli soldiers operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on November 28, 2024

Palestinian terrorist kills two reservists in infiltration shooting attack

IDF: Warning shots fired at Gaza targets who violated ceasefire terms

FEBRUARY 5, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF operatives in Lebanon, February 3, 2025.

West Bank terror threat grows as Palestinians smuggle more IDF rifles -analysis

While the IDF has launched Operation Iron Wall, designed to increase raids on the terrorists in places like Jenin, the enemy is also better armed than in the past.

FEBRUARY 4, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli security forces operate across the West Bank on February 1, 2025

IDF soldiers Ofer Yung, Avraham Friedman killed during West Bank terror infiltration

An additional unnamed soldier was killed in the incident, and eight additional soldiers were injured.

FEBRUARY 4, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
sraeli soldiers take positions at the scene of a shooting attack, at the Tayasir checkpoint east of Tubas, in the West Bank on February 4, 2025.

Security forces kill three, arrest 50 terrorists in Tulkarm in counterterror op.

For the first time, IDF troops are conducting operations in the West Bank being transported by Eitan partially armored vehicles.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF troops operate in Tulkarm, February 3, 2025.