An Israeli military camp set up in Umm Zuqa in the northern Jordan Valley supplied a nearby illegal settlement outpost with water.
The settlement outpost which was supplied with water was built in early January 2017 on Palestinian private land after Israeli settlers brought a herd of 30 cows to the area.
Israel’s coordinator for the government affairs claimed that an order was issued to stop construction works. However the settlement was established soon after and has been expanding at the expense of Palestinian land lots.
The Israeli authorities further installed several water tanks and solar panels in the outpost. Dozens of trees have also been planted.
Activists from the leftist Machsom Watch group said Israeli settlers have showed up in the settlement quite frequently.
Last week a pipe running from the largest water tank in the settlement outpost and whose edges were covered with mud was detected in the area in what was believed to be a sign of Israeli attempts to conceal field evidence of illegal settlement expansion.
