JORDAN VALLEY, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) issued new military orders overnight to seize Palestinian-owned land in the Tubas area and the northern Jordan Valley, declaring the land necessary for a planned military road.
According to local sources, the IOF delivered confiscation notices targeting both privately owned “Tabu” lands and state-designated lands stretching from the Ain Shibli area through the Al-Baqi’a plain southeast of Tubas, the Ainun area near the Tubas plain, and the Yerza area east of Tubas, reaching the eastern side of Tayasir village.
The planned military road, the sources said, would extend from Ain Shibli to the Tayasir military checkpoint, with a length exceeding 40 kilometers. Residents fear the project will further fragment Palestinian land and tighten Israel’s military grip over movement in the region.
At the eastern entrance to Ain Shibli, IOF machinery has continued large-scale earthworks aimed at relocating the Hamra checkpoint, situated along the main road linking Nablus, Tubas, and Jericho, bringing it closer to the village. The checkpoint stands at a strategic crossroads connecting major West Bank cities to the central, southern, and northern Jordan Valley, serving as a critical passageway for thousands of Palestinian workers heading to the area.
The region has seen a rapid surge in settlement expansion, particularly in the Jordan Valley, including in Ain Shibli village, where settlers frequently carry out night-time construction, land grabbing, and expansion activities under the protection of the IOF.
