Israel settlers expand outpost, seize vast tracts of land in Jericho

An Israeli military bulldozer moves to block a back-road on a highway where the army set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Jericho city in the occupied West Bank, on February 28, 2023. [Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]

Extremist Jewish settlers today continued to expand an illegal settlement outpost near Al-Jiftlik village in northern Jericho, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

A local official reported that a group of settlers brought vehicles and equipment to the outpost, which they established about four months ago.

He added that the settlers also placed mobile homes, planted palm trees, ploughed a swath of land and annexed more areas around the outpost.

Earlier, another group of settlers from the illegal settlement of Vered Yeriho near Jericho placed a fence on a mount overlooking the Aqabat Jaber camp and seized vast tracts of land in the area.

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