Israel is beginning a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control.

Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children.

Israel’s military says its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon after Tuesday’s deadline for their withdrawal under a ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group.

Israel has advanced plans for the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank.

A West Bank settlement watchdog group says Israel is expected to move forward this week with thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied territory.