Palestinians and foreign activists gather to protest in support of their land, which they say is under threat of being seized by Israelis, and to express their determination not to leave their properties in Beit Sahour, Hebron Governorate, West Bank, on August 14, 2026. [Mamoun Wazwaz – Anadolu Agency]
The number of illegal Israeli settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank has reached 592, with Israel controlling about 42% of the territory, a Palestinian government body said Saturday, Anadolu reports.
The figures were published by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in a briefing on key indicators of Israeli settlement expansion and control of Palestinian land.
The commission said 780,000 Israeli occupiers were living in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, as of the end of July.
Of those, around 333,600 live in illegal settlements in Jerusalem, and 446,400 elsewhere in the West Bank.
