Outposts

IDF dismantles illegal West Bank outposts amid rise in nationalist violence

Security officials sharply criticized what they described as the courts' failure to impose meaningful penalties, arguing that judges were reluctant to issue punishments that could deter offenders.

Israeli military forces fire tear gas and disperse Palestinian farmers, preventing them from continuing the olive harvest as they attempt to cross an iron gate erected by the Israeli army in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the West Bank, October 17, 2026.
Settlers from the Nahala movement build an outpost near the Gaza border, October 15, 2026.

IDF blocks roads leading to Gaza border after Nahala settlers attempt to build outpost overnight

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.

Transferring West Bank enforcement from IDF to police is a mistake without a plan - editorial

Israeli settlers are evacuated from illegal outpost Givat Or Yehuda, in the southern Hebron hills, on August 17, 2026.

IDF, COGAT evacuate illegal outpost near Hebron three months after residents attack police - report


Three female soldiers wounded by settlers while clearing illegal West Bank outpost

Security forces arrived at the outpost adjacent to Ma’aleh Amos during the night, where they announced that the area was a closed military zone and demanded that all civilians disperse.

JEWISH SETTLERS are seen at the unauthorized Beit Anot outpost in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank after being informed of an expected evacuation, June 1, 2026.

Border Police, IDF evacuate four illegal outposts across West Bank

Border Police and IDF units evacuated four illegal outposts in Gush Etzion, Samaria, and Binyamin, following PM Netanyahu’s directive to clear 14 such sites across the West Bank.

An IDF soldier stands guard during an evacuation of illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2025.

WATCH: Hilltop Youth, security forces clash during demolition of illegal settlement extension

Gush Etzion Regional Council reached out to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to request his assistance in dealing with the "anarchy" developing in the area in a letter sent in September.

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

US threatens accountability, Israel to push plans for 5,300 settler homes

“Unilateral actions like settlement expansion and legalization of outposts, they are detrimental to a two-state solution,” US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Settlers hurl Molotov cocktails at Israeli forces demolishing illegal West Bank outpost

Clashes ensued between the forces and residents of the area, according to the report. 

 Clashes ensue between Clashes ensued between the forces and residents of Oz Zion outpost. July 3, 2024.

West Bank head vows to rebuild settler outposts demolished by Israel

One local settler was reported to have chained himself to the illegal structure in order to delay the planned demolition.

 Israeli forces seen entering an illegal West Bank outpost on the early morning of September 4, 2023

Smotrich demolished a Jewish outpost and upheld Israeli law - editorial

In authorizing the removal of the structures at A’yira Shachar, Smotrich made an important and welcome statement about the necessity of upholding the rule of law for all.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on August 9, 2023.

Smotrich in hot seat over razing of settler outpost on Palestinian land

Local settlers reportedly attempted to stop the evacuation, yelling slurs and throwing stones at Border Police forces.

Demolitions at the A'yira Shachar outpost on August 14, 2023.

Ben-Gvir tells settlers: We need to kill thousands of terrorists

Ben-Gvir additionally called for the government to immediately approve the settlement of the Evyatar outpost.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the Evyatar outpost with Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Nachala movement chair Daniella Weiss.

Evyatar march to move forward with security approval, MKs in attendance

March organizers said that the path has been purposely selected to be suitable for strollers so as to attract whole families and has been planned in coordination with the Israel Police and IDF.

IDF soldiers at the Evyatar outpost