Israel says 'legalizes' hundreds of settler units in West Bank
Israel says it has retroactively "legalized" some 800 units in four settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The decision which came amid heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the occupied territories had been taken two weeks ago but was reported in the Israeli media on Friday.
The units included 377 in the Yakir settlement, 187 in Itmar and 94 in Shilo in the northern West Bank, as well as 97 more in Sansana in the south of the occupied Palestinian territory, according to the Israeli interior ministry.
The Israeli regime is under fire over its settlement activities. The international community regards as illegal all Israeli settlements which are built on the occupied Palestinian territories and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
The Israeli regime had also in July authorized 300 new settler homes to be built in Bet El in the central occupied West Bank.
Over half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank in 1967.
The announcement comes amid a series of clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters since the beginning of the month. The clashes have left at least 71 Palestinians dead.
Earlier on Friday, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus after accusing them of staging stabbing attacks.
Also on Friday, a Palestinian young protester was run over by an Israeli military jeep north of the city of al-Bireh, near Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank, footage of the incident showed.
Israeli forces apparently blocked and assaulted medics who were attempting to reach the hit person, the video showed.
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