- Israel's defense and finance ministers announced plans for three illegal settlements in Gaza and over $400 million for expanding West Bank settlements.
- With elections approaching, Netanyahu's coalition is accelerating land control in occupied Palestine and displacing Palestinians.
- Defense Minister Katz plans three 'Nahal' outposts in northern Gaza, a military precursor to civilian settlements.
- Finance Minister Smotrich allocated 1.3 billion shekels for new West Bank settlements, a decision previously kept secret due to U.S. opposition.
- Major General Avi Bluth praised extremist West Bank outposts as 'security partners,' despite their illegality under Israeli law.
- Settler violence is described as state violence by the UN, with systematic impunity enabling unchecked expansion and terror campaigns.
- Activists report bulldozers working on at least seven settlements before elections, calling it a 'reckless pre-election sprint.'
- Katz advocated for ethnic cleansing in Gaza via Palestinian migration and expressed satisfaction seeing rubble replacing Palestinian communities.
- Israel now controls 65% of Gaza, exceeding the 53% agreed in the 2020 ceasefire, with 2 million Palestinians crowded into the remaining area.
- Israeli military figures inaccurately label Palestinian casualties, including children, as 'terrorists,' while acknowledging the accuracy of Palestinian death records.