Israel confiscates 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank. According to Israeli activists, it is the largest seizure of Palestinian lands since 1993.
The West Bank is administered by the Palestinian Authority, while the Gaza Strip is controlled by Hamas. Israel has been heavily criticized internationally for its actions in the West Bank and southern Lebanon. The situation between Israel and the Palestinians has been tense since the new Gaza war, but theWest Bank has so far remained largely undisturbed.. Israel declared Palestinian territory “national territory.”