The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said on Sunday that Israeli forces seized 70 dunams and 147 square meters of land under a so-called “military and security seizure order,” targeting several villages around Nablus.
The order, reportedly aimed at creating a “buffer zone” around the illegal Eli settlement, was enacted after the expiry of a one-week objection period, effectively denying residents the chance to challenge the confiscation.
Since the beginning of 2025, the Israeli regime has issued 53 such military seizure orders to expand its occupation and control across the West Bank, the commission said.
According to the commission, the regime has built at least 710 settlements and military outposts across the occupied West Bank since 1967 — roughly one settlement every eight square kilometers.
The United Nations and much of the international community classify all Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territory as illegal under international law. The UN has repeatedly warned that continued expansion undermines the viability of a two-state solution.
In a landmark advisory opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories unlawful and demanded the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East al-Quds.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army continued raids across the occupied West Bank over the weekend.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics transferred a 37-year-old man to a hospital after he was shot in the thigh with live ammunition in Ramallah. His condition was not immediately known.
Local authorities reported that more than 1,051 Palestinians have been killed, about 10,300 injured, and over 20,000 arrested — including 1,600 children — in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war two years ago.