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Israeli right-wing activists advocating Jewish settlement in Gaza gather on the border with the Gaza Strip as they attempt to cross over into the territory on July 19, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP)
July 20, 2026, 2:34 am
Ministers join settler activists on march through closed military zone to Gaza border
Security forces do little to stop thousands of marchers from breaching IDF checkpoints while demonstrating for the reestablishment of settlements in the Strip; no arrests reported
By Charlie Summers
Settlers enter Gaza on December 18, 2025. (Nachala)
December 18, 2025, 11:40 pm
Dozens of settler activists enter Gaza, plant Israeli flags in bid to resettle enclave
‘Gaza belongs to the people of Israel,’ declares Nachala group head Daniella Weiss, as families in the movement fly Israeli flags near former Jewish settlements
By Jeremy Sharon
Thousands of people turn out for an ultra-nationalist march and rally in Sderot to call for the rebuilding of Jewish settlements in Gaza, May 14, 2024. (Courtesy Nachala Settlement Movement)
August 13, 2025, 8:37 am
How the movement to resettle Gaza entered the mainstream in the wake of October 7
Two decades after Disengagement, settler activists see a rare opening to make the Strip Jewish and are working relentlessly to corral political and public support for their plans
By Jeremy Sharon
Right-wing activists attend a rally calling for the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, near the border in southern Israel, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
July 31, 2025, 10:40 am
‘Ours forever’: Hundreds march from Sderot to Gaza border to demand resettlement
March by Nachala movement comes as idea of reestablishing Gaza settlements finds support in government and increasingly in the public, and officials threaten to annex parts of Strip
By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and AFP
Israeli right-wing protesters gather on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip near the border fence on July 30, 2025, during a rally to mark 20 years since Israel's withdrawal from Gaza (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
July 30, 2025, 8:48 pm
22 ministers and lawmakers demand settlement group be allowed to tour northern Gaza
Itamar Ben Gvir, Miki Zohar, Shlomo Karhi and May Golan all interested in taking part in mission to scout out locations for new settlements in ‘living heart of the Land of Israel’
By Sam Sokol
Head of the Nachala Settlement Movement organization Daniella Weiss takes questions during a press conference at an event to promote the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza, October 21, 2024 (Jeremy Sharon / The Times of Israel)
May 20, 2025, 8:57 pm
UK sanctions ‘extremist settlers,’ illegal outposts, citing ‘Israeli failure to act’
Veteran settler leader Daniella Weiss among those penalized; UK foreign minister says move demonstrates UK’s ‘determination to hold extremist settlers to account’
By Jeremy Sharon
Arbel Zak, a senior Nachala leader, holds a map of envisioned settlements inside Gaza, at the Nahal Oz soldiers memorial overlooking Gaza, April 15, 2025. (Deborah Danan via JTA)
April 19, 2025, 9:30 am
Eyeing an opportunity, settlers move to border towns so they’re ready to return to Gaza
Activist says some 30 families living at temporary sites, but 800 have signed up to move to 6 potential settlements in Strip; group holds Passover seder in border area in symbolic call
By Deborah Danan
Protesters clash with police during an anti-hostage deal protest in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. (Flash90)
January 17, 2025, 3:12 am
Right-wingers rally in Jerusalem against ‘Trump deal,’ urge government to oppose it
Israel not just ‘another star on the American flag,’ says organizer of protest; police arrest three demonstrators for damaging vehicles, setting fires on the road
By Charlie Summers
Brig. Gen. Yehuda Vach, the commander of 252nd Division, during a military ceremony in the central Gaza Strip, November 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 1, 2025, 3:07 pm
Report: Soldiers allege division commander recklessly endangered troops in Gaza
Sources accuse 252nd Division chief Brig. Gen. Yehuda Vach of rushing forces into areas without necessary preparations, and enabling his brother to run a building-leveling campaign
By ToI Staff
Pro-settlement activists at an event calling for the establishment of settlements in the Gaza Strip in Sderot, December 26, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 27, 2024, 7:50 pm
Event calling for Gaza settlements held in closed military zone with IDF permission
Cops provide escort to far-right Nachala activists, prevent counter-protesters from blocking convoy headed to border; IDF approved event on condition that no mobile homes be used
By ToI Staff
UTJ's Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, pictured with a map of prospective settlements in Gaza during a tour of the Gaza border area, November 28, 2024. Daniella Weiss is seen on the right. (Courtesy Yitzhak Goldknopf)
November 28, 2024, 5:09 pm
Touring Gaza border region, senior Haredi minister calls to resettle the Strip
‘Jewish settlement here is the answer,’ UTJ’s Goldknopf says during visit with settler leader Daniella Weiss
By ToI Staff
Head of the Nachala Settlement Movement organization Daniella Weiss takes questions during a press conference at an event to promote the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza, October 21, 2024 (Jeremy Sharon / The Times of Israel)
November 22, 2024, 11:24 pm
Troops smuggled settler leader into Gaza to survey settlement options – report
IDF probing reported illegal entry to Strip of Daniella Weiss, in same week as civilian researcher Zeev Erlich was killed by Hezbollah after entering Lebanon warzone against protocol
By ToI Staff
Israeli tanks stand near the Israel-Gaza border as seen from southern Israel, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 12, 2024, 2:18 pm
Army broadens closed zone around Gaza ahead of prayer event by pro-settlement activists
Security sources tell media move is a precaution against possible attack on gathering, intended to mark Tisha B’av fast and raise awareness of desire to rebuild Gaza settlements
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein (left) seen after a court hearing at Jerusalem District Court, on January 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Daniella Weiss takes part in a march to the Evyatar outspot, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 10, 2023. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 27, 2024, 10:31 pm
Canada sanctions Israeli extremists, settler groups over violence against Palestinians
List of sanctioned individuals includes far-right leaders Bentzi Gopstein and Daniella Weiss; move latest made by Israeli allies to confront settler violence
By Lazar Berman
File: View of structures in a former Jewish settlement, part of the former Gush Katif settlement bloc in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 27, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
January 25, 2024, 12:15 pm
Thousands of right-wing activists are getting ready to resettle Gaza after war
‘Gaza City will be Jewish’ says one leader; core groups of potential residents being assembled; MKs from all parties in Netanyahu-led bloc support the burgeoning movement
By Shalom Yerushalmi
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