United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Israel's security forces to exercise "maximum restraint" after they launched a major operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, a spokesman said Tuesday.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, on Tuesday, sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announcing that he would resign on March 6 after two years and two months in office, about 10 months earlier than the standard three-year term.

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank see opportunity in Trump's election, but Palestinians are concerned.

The Israeli military launched a large raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring 40 others, according to Palestinian health officials.

Four people were wounded in a stabbing attack on Tuesday in Tel Aviv while the attacker was killed, Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said. The police said an initial investigation "revealed that a terrorist armed with a knife stabbed three civilians on Nahalat Binyamin Street and one civilian on Gruzenberg Street".

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Four people have been wounded in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv in which the attacker was killed, Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said on Wednesday.

Police did not identify the attacker but believe the stabbings were a terrorist act. Israel launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank that killed at least nine Palestinians.

Documentaries about West Bank, 1972 Munich massacre also get nods; 'Emilia Pérez' features Tel Aviv gender clinic; 'Bibi Files' doc was shortlisted, but doesn't make the cut

Hamas fighters are once again rising up and taking back control of the streets of Gaza - even though thousands have been killed in 15 months of bloody war with Israel

Violence is surging in the West Bank as radical Jewish settlers set fire to homes and vehicles as well as beat people up in Palestinian villages.