Israel has finalized a $2.3 billion contract aimed at the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, which will include the development of 12,000 new settler units.

Illegal Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian municipal workers south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and destroyed a farm northwest of the city.

Israeli settlers have launched another wave of raids in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to Palestinian homes and cars.

Israeli military forces have reportedly shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid in a town in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, amid the regime’s escalating violence in the territory.

The UN secretary-general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, has said that settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have displaced about 880 Palestinian families.

A Palestinian church committee is calling for international assistance to safeguard Christians and their churches against attacks from illegal Israeli settlers.

At least six Palestinians have been injured after Israeli settlers attacked several communities in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to a number of cars and houses.