West Bank shooting attack

The West Bank, so called due to its relation to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the Levant region of West Asia, it is bordered by Jordan and the Dead Sea to the …
The West Bank, so called due to its relation to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the Levant region of West Asia, it is bordered by Jordan and the Dead Sea to the east and by Israel to the south, west, and north. The territory has been under Israeli occupation since 1967.
  • Status: Claimed by the State of Palestine · Partially administered by the Palestinian National Authority in Areas A and B · Under Israeli occupation, which is considered illegal under international law
  • Common languages: Arabic, Hebrew
  • Religion: Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Samaritanism
  • Currency: Israeli shekel (ILS) · Jordanian dinar (JOD)
  • Calling code: +970
  • ISO 3166 code: PS
Data from: en.wikipedia.org