Israel Seizes Over 70 Dunams of West Bank Land amid Raids, Settler Attacks

October 20, 2025 News
Israel's aggression on the occupied West Bank continues. (Photo: via WAFA)

A total of 53 military seizure orders have been issued by Israel to expand control over the occupied West Bank since the beginning of 2025.

Israel has seized over 70,000 square meters of land in the Nablus governorate, as occupation forces conducted arrests and raids across the occupied West Bank.

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said on Sunday that the Israeli army seized 70 dunams, 147 square meters (one dunam equals 1,000 square meters) of land under “a military and security seizure order” issued for several Nablus villages, including from the villages of Qaryut, al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, and al-Sawiya, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The move is aimed at establishing a buffer zone around the Eli settlement in the area, the commission said.

The report revealed that the Israeli authorities published the order after the expiration of the objection period, which lasts only a week.

A total of 53 military seizure orders have been issued by Israel to expand control over the occupied West Bank since the beginning of 2025, the commission said.

Over 700 Settlements Built

According to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israel has built at least 710 settlements and military outposts in the occupied West Bank, an average of one settlement every 8 square kilometers, since 1967.

The international community, including the UN, considers the Israeli settlements illegal under international law. The UN has repeatedly warned that continued settlement expansion threatens the viability of a two-state solution, a framework seen as key to resolving the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

In an advisory opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Several Arrested

Meanwhile, the Israeli army continued to carry out military raids across the West Bank over the weekend, Anadolu reported.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement that its teams transferred a 37-year-old man to the hospital after he was hit in the thigh by a live bullet in Ramallah.

No further details were provided regarding his medical condition.

In the early hours of Monday, Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids and arrests in cities and villages across the occupied West Bank, arresting 11 Palestinians, including a woman, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

In the Ramallah Governorate, occupation forces raided the villages of Al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya and Al-Mughayyir, north of the city, and arrested four young men after raiding and searching their homes.

Nablus, Jenin Raids

In Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, forces raided the Rafidia neighborhood and the towns of Beit Wazan, Kafr Qallil, and Naqoura, detaining a young man from his home.

 

In Jenin, forces raided the town of Qabatiya, south of the city, and arrested a young man after raiding his home.

They also raided the town of Ya’bad, searching several homes, an olive press, and a store, while a drone hovered overhead. No arrests were reported.

Local authorities cited by Anadolu said that more than 1,051 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, around 10,300 wounded, and over 20,000 arrested, including 1,600 children, since the genocidal Gaza onslaught began two years ago.

Settler Attacks

Armed settlers, backed by Israeli occupation forces, attacked the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah on Monday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Marwan Sabah, head of the Umm Safa Village Council, told WAFA that armed settlers attacked residents harvesting olives in the western area of the village, opened fire toward them. Israeli occupation forces later stormed the village in order to protect the settlers, leading to clashes, the report stated.

Israeli forces and settlers also attacked Palestinian olive pickers in the town of Kafr Ra’i, south of Jenin, WAFA reported. The army opened live fire toward olive pickers to force them to leave their lands, the report stated.

Settlers Storm School

Illegal settlers also stormed Al-Tahadi School in Khirbet Ibziq, north of Tubas, on Monday, under the protection of Israeli forces, and threatened the staff, ordering them to leave immediately.

Abdul Majeed Khdeirat, head of the Ibziq village council, told WAFA that the settlers also stole water tanks owned by a resident of the area.

The school has witnessed several recent raids, as part of the escalating attacks by colonists and Israeli occupation forces in the area, the report stated.

(PC, Anadolu, AJA, WAFA)

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  1. Shylock is a thief. More proof that the Israeli Jews are shady, scummy people. Is there not even one of them who hasn’t been castrated yet? Rise up and take over your government. You are weak and meaningless until you do. Then go make friends with the Arabs, change your name to
    ‘ Wasrael, Palestine ‘ …and never allow Zionists into your nation ever again.

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