Huwara is a flashpoint town in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Huwara is on the main road to nearby Israeli settlements, leading to frequent clashes between Israeli soldiers and settlers and local Palestinians. [4] . Most notably, two Israeli civilian-settlers passing the town were shot by a Palestinian gunman in a shooting attack.

On 26 February 2023, hundreds of Israeli settlers went on a violent late-night rampage in Huwara and other Palestinian villages in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, leaving one civilian dead and 100 other Palestinians injured, four critically, and the town ablaze. [1][2] It was the worst attack stemming from Israeli settler violence in the norther...

Feb 27, 2023 · Homes in Hawara are charred black alongside burned-out cars cloaked in a layer of ash. The air tastes acrid as people speak of the night their town burned. Residents told the BBC a mob...

Jun 15, 2023 · When hundreds of Israeli settlers rampaged through Huwara and surrounding Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank on February 26, leaving at least one Palestinian man dead and hundreds of...

Feb 27, 2023 · Sunday night's hourslong rampage through the Palestinian town of Hawara, the worst such violence in years, followed the shooting death of two Israeli settlers by a …

Mar 5, 2023 · Hawara is a village of 7,000 Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Surrounded by settlements, it is often a flashpoint for violence between Palestinians and Israelis. Unlike cities such...

Mar 2, 2023 · YOKNEAM, Israel (AP) — An Israeli-led crowdfunding campaign has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Palestinian residents of a West Bank town that was set ablaze by radical Jewish settlers, the organizer of the drive said Thursday.

Mar 1, 2023 · A senior Israeli official has called for the state to “erase” the Palestinian town of Hawara, which was the site of a settler rampage over the weekend.

Mar 1, 2023 · Israeli police said they expected to make more arrests during their ongoing investigation into the settler violence, which centred on the Palestinian village of Huwara, where the two Israeli...

Feb 27, 2023 · The Biden administration Monday called on Israel to pursue with "equal rigor” the Israeli perpetrators of Sunday's rampage in the Palestinian town of Hawara as it does with Palestinians who carry out attacks against Israelis.