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West Bank illegal outposts, land appropriation hit record high in 2024 — watchdog

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Report: 59 illegal outposts, groups of structures not authorized by the government, set up across the West Bank in 2024 .

More land in the territory declared “state land” than in any year since the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993 .

Government retroactively legalized or began the legalization process for 10 outposts.

Israel paved some 114 kilometers ( 71 miles ) of new roads in West Bank .