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Ramped-up raids, violent settler attacks and bulldozed homes – Israel escalates its assault on the occupied West Bank.

Published On 18 Feb 2026

  • More than 80 United Nations member states have condemned Israel’s plan to expand control over the occupied West Bank and claim large tracts of Palestinian territory as Israeli “state property”.
  • Attacks by Israeli forces across Gaza have continued, with shelling reported in neighbourhoods of Gaza City. Israeli tanks have fired heavy machinegun rounds in southern Gaza.