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Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's military correspondent. IDF Chief fo Staff Aviv Kohavi, right, meets with Border Police officers who responded to a shooting attack in the West Bank two days prior, on May 9, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces) The Israel Defense Forces deployed an additional three battalions to the West Bank on Sunday as it seeks to curb the growing violence in the area, the military said. Those reinforcements — units that were originally meant to be in training — are in addition to four battalions already sent to the West Bank since the start of the month of Ramadan in...

363 shares Illustrative: Israelis gather at the Old City's Damascus gate in Jerusalem on June 2, 2019 to celebrate Jerusalem Day (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) Security officials are reportedly considering placing limits on Jerusalem Day events or canceling them entirely, as tensions remained high in the capital with further violence at the conclusion of Sunday morning prayers. According to Hebrew media reports, the fast-moving situation meant that police were holding assessments every few hours to leave all options on the table for as long as possible ahead of the commemorations set to begin o...

3 shares Israeli security forces advance amid clashes with Palestinian protesters near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021 (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) Palestinian terror groups threatened Israel Friday night after intense clashes broke out between police and Palestinian worshipers at the Temple Mount’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh said that Israel would “pay a price” for the clashes at the mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites. The hilltop on which it sits is the holiest place in the world for Jews as the site of the two biblical temples — making it a flas...

13 shares Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces after riots broke out at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) A day after some of the worst violence in Jerusalem for years saw 200 Palestinians and 17 Israeli police officers wounded, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi announced on Saturday that troop levels would be bolstered. The announcement came after Defense Minister Benny Gantz held an assessment of the security situation with senior officials from the military, police and Shin Bet. At the end of ...

360 shares Illustrative: Israeli Arabs march during a protest marking Land Day, in Arraba, northern Israel, on March 30, 2021 (Jamal Awad/Flash90) Arab Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were expected to hold mass protests on Saturday in the wake of Friday’s clashes in Jerusalem between Palestinians and the Israel Police, in which some 200 Palestinians and 17 officers were wounded. The Arab High Follow-Up Committee, a body that represents Arab Israelis, called for protests in Arab towns and cities across the country in response to the violence. The Hamas terror group’s offi...