The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission confirmed yesterday, Sunday, that the occupation authorities have seized more than 50,000 dunams of West Bank land since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

The head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Mu'ayyad Shaaban, said that the occupation authorities had seized 52,000 dunams (one dunam equals one thousand square meters) of West Bank land since the beginning of the war.

He pointed out the continuation of demolitions and forced displacement, especially in Bedouin population centers, and the expansion of military checkpoints and the erection of iron gates in various areas of the West Bank.

According to the Wall and Settlement Authority, the Israeli army has demolished nearly 500 homes and facilities in the West Bank since the beginning of the war.

In this context, the Jerusalem Governorate reported - via the X platform - that 62,697 settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic prayers, dances and provocations, under heavy protection from the Israeli police, since the beginning of the war.

It confirmed the martyrdom of 80 Palestinians, the injury of 279 with live and rubber bullets, the arrest of 1971 people, and the demolition of 389 homes, commercial and agricultural facilities during the same period.

It is noteworthy that the Oslo Accords classified the West Bank lands into 3 areas: (A) under full Palestinian control, (B) under Israeli security control and Palestinian civil and administrative control, and (C) under Israeli civil, administrative and security control, estimated at about 60% of the West Bank area.

In parallel with its aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army expanded its operations, and settlers escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in a total of 785 Palestinians killed and about 6,450 others injured.