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Israeli settlement expansion and Gaza border march

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2026-07-29 18:19 UTC → 2026-07-30 12:05 UTC · added removed

In mid‑July 2026 Israel’s security cabinet Israel approved a 1.3 billion‑shekel package for roughly 12 000 about 12,000 new homes in the West Bank and earmarked 8 billion shekels for accompanying related infrastructure. Defence Minister Israel Katz announced three new “Nahal” outposts in northern Gaza – military‑community sites that often precede civilian settlements – and disclosed the funding, stressing that the Gaza, a plan would be kept hidden from the United States ahead of the 27 October parliamentary election. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National‑Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir praised the moves, while UN human‑rights officials warned that settler‑related violence amounts to state violence. On 19 July 2026 the radical settler group Nachala staged a “March of Thousands” toward the Gaza fence, claiming over 10 000 participants; Israeli media estimated only a few hundred. Senior ministers, including Smotrich, Ben‑Gvir and about two dozen other Knesset members, ministers attended and called for the rebuilding of the three settlements evacuated in 2005 (Elei Sinai, Dugit, Nisanit). 2005. The Israel Defence Forces IDF declared the surrounding area a closed military zone, erected four checkpoints and imposed route restrictions that remained in force until Monday morning 08:00 local time. Attempts by some marchers to bypass checkpoints on nearby hills were thwarted. the following Monday. The United Nations, through Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres and the human‑rights office, condemned Israel’s the accelerated settlement plan in the occupied West Bank, plan, labeling the settlements illegal and a major obstacle to a two‑state solution. The UN solution, and warned the West Bank could become a “second Gaza” after recent attacks that killed at least eight Palestinians, including a child, and two Gaza”. On 30 July 2026 the Israeli soldiers, army seized land in an Area A zone of the northern West Bank to convert an unpaved stretch into a road linking the planned settlements Noa and highlighted displacement Emek Dotan. Military commander Avi Bluth signed 15 orders authorising the use of families, destruction the land, citing protection of homes and agricultural infrastructure, Israeli localities. Human‑rights NGOs said this is the first Area A seizure for settlement purposes and restrictions on basic services. The IDF continues to control roughly 65‑70 % of could breach international law, noting the Gaza Strip. action aligns with the coalition’s broader expansion policies advocated by Finance Minister Smotrich.

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