The Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday issued a decision to grab a Palestinian land located beyond the segregation wall in the Qalqilya area in the north of the West Bank for the benefit of a nearby illegal settlement.

Palestinian news agency WAFA said that the Israeli authorities decided to seize 70 dunums of land planted with olive trees that belong to Palestinians from the villages of Azoun Atmeh and Masha located beyond the segregation barrier in order to build 192 housing units in the illegal settlement of Shari Tiqva.