Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that "22 new settlements" will be established in the West Bank. Some already exist as outputs, but will be made legal under Israeli law, whilst others will be entirely new settlements.

Israeli ministers say 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved in the occupied West Bank - the biggest expansion in decades.

International pressure on Israel has drastically escalated this month, primarily over the Gaza war and the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the Palestinian enclave after nearly 20 months of war.