Israel seizes 300 dunams of land in northern West Bank

Israeli army enters the city with tanks for the first time since 2002 following after the ceasefire and prisoner and hostages swap agreement in Gaza entered into force in Jenin, West Bank on February 23, 2025. [Nedal Eshtayah – Anadolu Agency]

Israeli occupation authorities yesterday issued a notice to seize 300 dunams (74 acres) of land in Al-‘Arqa village, west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, near the illegal Separation Wall, Quds Press reported.

The head of the village council in Al-‘Arqa said in a statement that Israeli occupation forces handed residents notices to confiscate 300 dunams of their agricultural land near the wall, depriving farmers of their only source of livelihood.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces demolished several structures in Barta‘a village, north of Jenin.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation’s bulldozers demolished industrial structures, claiming they were unlicensed.

On 29 January, the Israeli Knesset approved in a preliminary reading of a law allowing settlers to purchase and own land in the occupied West Bank in contravention of international law.

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