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Nahala Settlement Movement Establishes Ro’ad Ghaza Outpost Near Gaza Border Fence, Israeli Army Closes Area
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Nahala announced a new Gaza-border outpost named Ro’ad Ghaza with 700+ participants. Israeli forces blocked roads and closed the area around the Gaza border.
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New outpost near Gaza
The Nahala settlement movement announced the establishment of a new settlement outpost named "Ro’ad Ghaza" near the Gaza Strip’s border fence, and it said more than 700 people participated in founding it. The Israeli army began closing roads around Kibbutz Nahal Oz and Kfar Aza after activists arrived during the night at the Samhuni forest, and the army declared the area between the border fence and the Israeli settlements a closed military zone to prevent their return.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli police dispersed the settlers, and the army prepared for the possibility that some activists might attempt to breach military barriers, reach the border fence, or possibly cross into the Gaza Strip. In contrast, military sources said the actual number at the site did not exceed 50 people, and the organizers said the outpost included infrastructure and facilities erected near the security fence, directly facing the city of Gaza.
Competing counts and claims
The Nahala movement said it set up the outpost during the night hours with more than 700 participants, including bereaved families, injured Israeli soldiers, rabbis, members of the Knesset, and public figures. The Hebrew site Walla reported that Israeli police dispersed the settlers who attempted to establish the outpost in the Shamoni Forest, and it said the army closed the roads leading to the area and declared it a closed military zone.
The Hebrew site Walla quoted Israeli military sources saying the number of settlers actually present at the site totaled about 50 people, contrary to the Nahala movement’s claim of more than 700 participants. The Nahala movement posted on X that it established the outpost facing the city of Gaza, and it said the site included infrastructure and facilities erected near the security fence.
Broader pressure and policy
The Nahala movement urged the Israeli government to issue an immediate permit to relocate the outpost from its current location to the northern demilitarized area inside the Gaza Strip, and it called Gaza "an inseparable part of the land of Israel." The movement demanded repealing the Disengagement Law, under which Israel withdrew from its settlements inside the enclave in 2005, and it also called for what it described as “encouraging emigration,” referring to the forcible removal of Palestinians from Gaza.
The movement presented its demands to the incoming Israeli government and said it wanted reinstitution of settlements in Gaza included in the broad outlines of the government program. The Israeli government did not announce its approval to establish or move the outpost into the enclave, while the movement framed its step as a pressure campaign to resume settlement inside Gaza.