According to the private Hebrew Channel 7, the council approved the detailed plan for the return of settlers to the settlement, which was evacuated in 2005 as part of what was then known as the "disengagement" plan, and explained that the plan includes the establishment of 126 settlement units.
The channel added that, according to estimates, the plan is expected to be implemented in about two months, in a way that allows the settlers to return to Sanur.
The channel quoted Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, during a tour of the settlement, as saying, "We are erasing the shame of displacement from the northern West Bank, and we are resettling the Land of Israel again," as he put it.
On December 23, Smotrich instructed the Higher Planning Council (responsible for approving settlement expansion and construction) to convene a meeting to discuss approving 126 settlement units in the Sanur settlement. He stated at the time that this move represented a correction of what he called "a historical injustice, and the realization of the Zionist vision on the ground," as he claimed.
A Palestinian was injured and arrested.
In a related incident, the Israeli occupation army shot and wounded a Palestinian youth before arresting him on Wednesday evening near Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, while an Israeli settler opened fire on a Palestinian vehicle near Bethlehem (south).
The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that a Palestinian youth was shot by Israeli forces in the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah. It explained that an Israeli army force stormed Silwad, shot and wounded the youth before arresting him.
WAFA also reported that Israeli soldiers assaulted 15-year-old Ibrahim Awni Faris during the raid on the town.
In the southern West Bank, WAFA reported that a settler fired shots at a Palestinian vehicle in the Rashayda area, south of Bethlehem. The vehicle, which was transporting goods, was struck by the gunfire, resulting in shattered windows, but no injuries were reported.
The agency also noted that on Tuesday, a Palestinian vehicle was fired upon in the same area, injuring a woman and her infant.
On Wednesday, Israeli forces stormed a mosque in the town of Jaba’ in the northern occupied West Bank, tampering with its contents and causing serious damage.
This came in a statement in which it condemned "the storming by the occupation forces".
The Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and Affairs stated that "the occupation forces proceeded to break down the doors of Al-Mustafa Mosque in the town of Jaba'a, south of Jenin, tamper with its contents, and cause serious damage inside it."
The ministry described the Israeli forces' behavior towards the mosque as "aggressive," adding that it represents "a blatant violation of all international conventions that guarantee the protection of places of worship and preserve their sanctity."
The Ministry of Religious Endowments called on international and human rights organizations to "assume their legal and moral responsibilities and intervene urgently to stop these violations," and called for providing the necessary protection for mosques and holy sites in Palestine.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli army wounded four Palestinians and arrested28 others during a raid on the town of Jaba, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent and eyewitnesses.
Witnesses reported that Israeli forces ransacked the contents of homes, deliberately causing widespread destruction inside, amid a heavy deployment of soldiers in various neighborhoods of the town.
On an almost daily basis, the Israeli army carries out raids on cities and towns in the West Bank, during which dozens of Palestinians are arrested.
Since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023, the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have killed at least 1,104 Palestinians, injured about 11,000, and arrested more than 21,000 Palestinians.
In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli genocide, with American support, left more than 71,000 Palestinian martyrs and 171,000 wounded, and widespread destruction affecting about 90% of the civilian infrastructure, while the United Nations estimated the cost of reconstruction at about $70 billion.
