West Bank & Jerusalem
Israel seizes 37 acres in Bitunya for military site expansion
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Israeli occupation forces seized 37.481 dunams of land in the West Bank town of Bitunya west of Ramallah on Sunday, Shehab Wire reported. The military order issued on the day cited expansion of an existing military site positioned along the Beit Horon settlement as the stated purpose for the confiscation.
The takeover affects agricultural land in an area that already hosts Israeli military infrastructure and Jewish settlements. The seizure follows a pattern of land appropriations by Israeli authorities in the West Bank, often justified through military necessity orders that enable territorial expansion around settlement perimeters and military installations.
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