SALFIT, August 10, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities issued a new military order to seize 2.224 dunums of land belonging to the village of Marda, in the Salfit Governorate, under the pretext of “military purposes.”
The land is located in a strategic area adjacent to Route 505 and north of the colonial settlement of Ariel.
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in a statement today that the military order, numbered T/36/26, targets land in Basin No. 3 of Marda.
The order explicitly provides for the seizure of the specified area and the transfer of its possession to the commander of the Israeli occupation army through the official responsible for affairs related to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
It noted that maps attached to the military order show that the targeted land lies directly south of Route 505, at the intersection with a local road leading to the area north of the colonial settlement of Ariel, approximately midway between Marda and Jamma'in.
This location gives the site strategic importance in terms of overseeing and controlling the area's movement corridor. According to the military order, the stated purpose of the seizure is to establish a tower or facility for collection and communications.
The Commission added that the military order comes amid the occupation authorities' escalating use of “seizure for military purposes” orders to temporarily take control of Palestinian land and reshape control over roads, movement corridors, and areas surrounding colonial settlements.
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