Israel has seized 27 sqkm of land in occupied West Bank since 7 October, says CWRC

Since the war broke out in Gaza on 7 October, Israel has taken hold of 27,000 dunams (27 sqkm) of land in the occupied West Bank, said a statement issued by the  Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC)  on the 48th commemoration of Land Day and reported on X (formerly Twitter) by Palestinian news outlets and by Al Jazeera.

The CWRC, a governmental commission affiliated to the Palestine Liberation Organization, added that 1,895 settlement units have been approved by Israel,  displacing 25 Bedouin communities from the Palestinian territory.

Some 840 checkpoints and gates have been put up in the occupied West Bank.

According to the statement, Israeli military carried out 9,700 attacks against Palestinian residents and their properties, and have destroyed and uprooted thousands of olive trees, mostly olive trees.