The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said four Israeli military orders authorize seizures of about 165 dunams (40.7 acres) in the northern West Bank, with restrictions potentially reaching nearby land, Anadolu Ajansı reported.
The commission said the orders cover parts of Qalqilya, Nablus, Tubas and the northern Jordan Valley. They extend areas covered by earlier orders and cite military purposes, it said. The commission connected the measures to buffer zones around settlement outposts, road projects serving settlements and efforts to reinforce military positions.
It said the orders could limit Palestinians’ access to land outside the designated plots. Anadolu Ajansı also reported that Al-Baidar, a Palestinian rights group, said an outpost had been established in Humsa near Dura, south of Hebron. Al-Baidar said the site could enable further expansion onto Palestinian land and make it harder for residents to remain in the area.
Hebron governorate accounted for nine of the 28 attempted outpost establishments the commission counted across the West Bank in October. Over the three years since October 2023, Israel had seized about 64,000 dunams (15,814 acres) or placed them under its control through 231 military orders and measures, the commission estimated.
Official Palestinian figures cited by Anadolu Ajansı estimate that about 750,000 Israeli settlers live in 194 settlements and 400 outposts across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The commission previously described another military order for a settlement road northwest of Ramallah, covering 26.473 dunams.
