Hebron: Illegal Israeli settlers set up three new settlement outposts in the southern West Bank under the watch of the army, a Palestinian rights group said Monday.

According to Anadolu Agency, the Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights stated that illegal settlers placed dozens of mobile homes on land east of Hebron's Birin village, effectively creating three new sites. The organization estimated that this expansion has seized around 6,400 dunums (6.4 million square meters) of land belonging to Birin, the nearby town of Bani Naim, and parts of Hebron city.

The Al-Baidar Organization reported that the area has been subjected to a two-month settlement push. This includes the building of roads, widespread land seizures, and the destruction of crops and water wells. These measures, according to the group, directly threaten the Palestinian presence in the region.

Last month, the Palestinian Authority's Settlement and Wall Resistance Commission reported that illegal settlers carried out 466 attacks across the occupied West Bank in July. These attacks resulted in the deaths of four Palestinians and forced the displacement of two Bedouin communities comprising 50 families. The report also cited attempts to establish 15 new outposts.

Since the start of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, at least 1,015 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank by Israeli forces and illegal settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal. It demanded the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.