BETHLEHEM, January 18, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, on Sunday continued installing additional mobile homes in the Ush Ghurab area in the city of Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem, as part of efforts to expand a colonial outpost illegally established on Palestinian citizens’ land.
Anti-wall and colonization activist in Bethlehem, Abdullah Hamdan, told WAFA correspondent that large trucks were seen transporting mobile homes to the area, where they were installed to reinforce the colonial outpost that colonists had recently set up.
He pointed out that colonists installed five mobile homes in the Ush Ghurab area several days ago, in an escalatory step aimed at imposing a new colonial fait accompli in the area.
It is noteworthy that the area known as “Ush Ghurab,” which includes a small military base of the occupation army, was allocated about 15 years ago for the construction of a children’s hospital for Bethlehem residents. However, the hospital was never built after colonists began establishing a colonial outpost there, which they named “Shdema.”
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