{
  "id": 780318,
  "title": "West Bank: \"In recent weeks, we've seen a striking escalation in violent acts\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/west-bank-in-recent-weeks-weve-seen-a-striking-escalation-in-violent",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T15:11:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260813-west-bank-in-recent-weeks-we-ve-seen-a-striking-escalation-in-violent-acts"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers laying siege to Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank. Our correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "‘No excuse for thuggish behaviour’: US envoy blasts Israeli settler siege in West Bank, calls it ‘terror’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/no-excuse-for-thuggish-behaviour-us-envoy-blasts-israeli-settler",
        "published": "2026-08-13T07:57:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "West Bank: US ambassador to Israel denounces siege of Palestinian homes as 'horrific act of terror'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/west-bank-us-ambassador-to-israel-denounces-siege-of-palestinian",
        "published": "2026-08-13T08:11:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US diplomat calls Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes ‘act of terror’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/us-diplomat-calls-israeli-settler-siege-of-west-bank-homes-act-of",
        "published": "2026-08-13T08:38:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "US ambassador to Israel slams settler siege against West Bank Palestinians as ‘terror’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/us-ambassador-to-israel-slams-settler-siege-against-west-bank",
        "published": "2026-08-13T09:14:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "IDF said to evacuate Palestinian homes in West Bank’s Qusra as settler squatters stay put",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/idf-said-to-evacuate-palestinian-homes-in-west-banks-qusra-as-settler",
        "published": "2026-08-13T10:02:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Israeli settlers move back to northern West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/israeli-settlers-move-back-to-northern-west-bank-settlement-evacuated",
        "published": "2026-08-13T10:40:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Israel sends more troops to West Bank village besieged by Jewish settlers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/israel-sends-more-troops-to-west-bank-village-besieged-by-jewish",
        "published": "2026-08-13T10:46:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Violence directed at West Bank family a 'horrific act of violence,' U.S. ambassador to Israel says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/violence-directed-at-west-bank-family-a-horrific-act-of-violence-u-s",
        "published": "2026-08-13T12:30:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Qatar Tribune",
        "title": "US diplomat calls Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes ‘act of terror’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/us-diplomat-calls-israeli-settler-siege-of-west-bank-homes-act-of-810947",
        "published": "2026-08-13T21:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}