Israel advances plans for 895 new settlement homes across West Bank: Palestinian commission

LONDON: Israeli authorities have advanced 11 settlement expansion plans that would add 895 housing units across the occupied West Bank, alongside industrial and commercial developments, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Saturday.

The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said the plans cover several areas, including Qalqilya, Salfit, Nablus, Ramallah, Al-Bireh and Hebron, as well as the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in the southern West Bank.

The projects extend beyond residential construction to include industrial zones, commercial facilities, roads and other infrastructure designed to support further settlement growth and accommodate more settlers, the commission said.

The largest residential expansion involves 288 additional housing units in the Kedumim settlement, built on land belonging to the Palestinian village of Kafr Qaddum, west of Nablus.