Plans to appropriate 400 hectares of Palestinian land in the West Bank were announced by Israel on Sunday, reports Agence France Presse.
The Israeli military said the decisions were made after 3 Israeli teens were killed in an Israeli settlement area known as Gevaot.
The Etzion Settlements Council welcomed the announcement as a step towards the expansion of the current Gevaot settlement.
"It paves the way for the new city of Gevaot. The foal of the murderers of those three youths was to sow fear among us, to disrupt our daily lives and to call into doubt our right to the land," the council said in a statement.
Over 20 years to rebuild Gaza
A post-conflict reconstruction organisation said that it will take 20 years for Gaza’s damaged housing to be rebuilt, reports the Associated Press.
The Shelter Cluster, an organisation chaired by the UN Refugee Agency and the Red Cross, added that the effort to rebuild Gaza would be further hindered by Israel’s blockade on Gaza.
The Shelter Cluster report, released on Friday, said that 17,000 housing units in Gaza had been destroyed during Israeli airstrikes this summer, with 5,000 units in need of reconstruction and work from previous military campaigns.
Senior Israel military official suggests easing Gaza blockade
A senior military official source told Harretz that it was in Israel's interest to refrain from applying intense social and economic pressure on Gaza.
The official added that any potential easing on restrictions of border crossings of goods would have to be accompanied by effective supervision mechanisms.
Egypt proposes ceasefire initiative to end Israeli blockade on Gaza (25 August 2014)
The Israeli military said the decisions were made after 3 Israeli teens were killed in an Israeli settlement area known as Gevaot.
The Etzion Settlements Council welcomed the announcement as a step towards the expansion of the current Gevaot settlement.
"It paves the way for the new city of Gevaot. The foal of the murderers of those three youths was to sow fear among us, to disrupt our daily lives and to call into doubt our right to the land," the council said in a statement.
Over 20 years to rebuild Gaza
A post-conflict reconstruction organisation said that it will take 20 years for Gaza’s damaged housing to be rebuilt, reports the Associated Press.
The Shelter Cluster, an organisation chaired by the UN Refugee Agency and the Red Cross, added that the effort to rebuild Gaza would be further hindered by Israel’s blockade on Gaza.
The Shelter Cluster report, released on Friday, said that 17,000 housing units in Gaza had been destroyed during Israeli airstrikes this summer, with 5,000 units in need of reconstruction and work from previous military campaigns.
Senior Israel military official suggests easing Gaza blockade
A senior military official source told Harretz that it was in Israel's interest to refrain from applying intense social and economic pressure on Gaza.
The official added that any potential easing on restrictions of border crossings of goods would have to be accompanied by effective supervision mechanisms.
Egypt proposes ceasefire initiative to end Israeli blockade on Gaza (25 August 2014)