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Israel has issued four military orders to seize Palestinian land across the northern occupied West Bank, while Israeli occupiers established a new settlement outpost near Hebron, Palestinian groups said Tuesday.
The orders cover about 165 dunams, or 40.7 acres, in Qalqilya, Nablus, Tubas and the northern Jordan Valley, according to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.
The commission said the orders authorize new land seizures and expand areas covered by previous measures for what Israel describes as military purposes.
The Palestinian body linked the orders to efforts to create buffer zones around settlement outposts, expand roads serving settlements and reinforce military positions.
It warned that the impact could extend beyond the land directly covered by the orders by restricting Palestinian access to surrounding areas.
In the southern West Bank, the Palestinian rights group Al-Baidar said Israeli occupiers established an illegal settlement outpost in the Humsa area near Dura, south of Hebron.
The group said the move could lead to further encroachment on Palestinian land and threaten residents’ ability to remain in the area.
The commission said it documented attempts to establish 28 illegal settlement outposts across the West Bank in October, including nine in Hebron governorate.
It estimated that Israel has seized or brought under its control about 64,000 dunams, or 15,814 acres, through 231 military orders and measures over the three years since October 2023.
According to official Palestinian figures, around 750,000 Israeli occupiers live in 194 illegal settlements and 400 outposts across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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