Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clash: Palestinian officials

Muhammad Munir al-Tamimi, 17, 'executed in cold blood', according to his mother, as protests rage against illegal West Bank Israeli settlements

Palestinian men carry the body of Muhammad Munir al-Tamimi during his funeral in Deir Nizam in the occupied West Bank, on 24 July 2021 (AFP)

By MEE and agencies-24 July 2021

Jewish settlers set up the Eviatar outpost in early May, building rudimentary concrete homes and shacks in a matter of weeks.

The construction came in defiance of both international and Israeli law, and sparked fierce protests from Palestinians, who insisted it was being built on their land.

But following a deal struck with nationalist Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's new government, the settlers left the outpost on 2 July, while the structures they had built were to remain under army guard.

Israel's defence ministry said it would study the area to assess whether it could, under Israeli law, be declared state land. 

Should that happen, Israel could then authorise a religious school to be built at Eviatar, with residences for its staff and students. 

Around 475,000 Jewish settlers now live in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967.