Israel seizes large tract of land in Jordan Valley, officials say

The Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC) on Saturday said that the Israeli authorities seized more than one square kilometre of Palestinian land in the northern Jordan Valley by issuing 9 "seizure" orders.

The seizure orders were issued for military purposes in the towns of Tammun, Tayasir, Talouza, and Tubas, Wafa news reported. 

The report said that the aim of the seizure was to pave a horizontal road starting from Ain Shibli to the south and reaching Aqaba to the north.

These orders constitute a single project to construct a wide road extending from the north of Tubas towards Tayasir and the Jordan Valley, with a continuous length of up to 22 kilometres, Al Jazeera reported. 

CWRC is a Palestinian governmental commission that "confronts the colonial expansion projects and forced displacement of Palestinian communities".