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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
Pro-settlement activists gather near the Gaza Strip on July 9, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
July 19, 2026, 8:52 am
Military closes area around Gaza ahead of Likud-backed settler march into Strip
Ben Gvir, Smotrich, several other MKs expected to join Nachala-led march calling for Jewish settlement in Strip, as IDF says it will thwart any attempts to illegally enter Gaza
By ToI Staff
Israeli activists breach the Syrian border in an attempt to settle the territory, April 22, 2026. (Courtesy of Bashan Pioneers)
April 22, 2026, 7:44 pm
Dozens of settler activists cross into Syria and Lebanon, are escorted out by IDF
Incidents are latest attempts by fringe groups to establish settlements in territory held by Israeli military beyond its borders; IDF condemns ‘criminal offense’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A handout photo shows Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech and activists from the pro-settlement Nachala group inside the Gaza Strip, on February 19, 2026. (Nachala)
February 20, 2026, 5:05 am
Dozens of settler activists, including far-right MK, illegally cross into Gaza
‘Gaza will always be ours,’ declares Otzma Yehudit lawmaker; IDF ‘strongly condemns’ incident, says activists put troops at risk
By Emanuel Fabian
Settler activists stage a protest on the border with the Gaza Strip, February 5, 2026. (Courtesy of the Nachala movement)
February 6, 2026, 12:21 am
‘We’ll settle all over’: Far-right activists cross into Gaza, are caught by IDF
Civilians handed over to police for questioning; while attending rally near the border, Likud MK declares ‘Israel’s rebirth will come… when Jewish communities thrive in Gaza’
By Emanuel Fabian
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
Israeli settlers attempt to reach the site of the former Nisanit settlement in the northern Gaza Strip, July 26 2007. (Edi Israel/Flash 90)
December 12, 2025, 3:28 am
Group of ministers seeks OK for Hanukkah flag-raising ceremony at former Gaza settlement
Signatories, including from ruling Likud party, endorse pro-settlement movement’s call for defense minister to approve event in order ‘to proudly affirm that Gaza is part of Israel’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech (C) and settler activist Daniella Weiss (R) at an encampment on the border with Gaza, October 2, 2025. (Tehilla Makler/Nachala Movement)
October 3, 2025, 1:45 pm
Right-wing activists set up sukkahs on border, seek to spend festival at Gaza settlement ruins
Far-right MK backs Nachala group’s camp 1 km from Gaza border, slams ‘dangerous Trump plan’ and calls for ‘immediate Jewish settlement’ of enclave
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
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
Head of the Nachala settlements advocacy organization Daniella Weiss stands by a sign declaring "Gaza is ours forever," in the southern city of Sderot, December 26, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 20, 2025, 8:52 pm
Ultranationalist demo for expulsion of Gazans, building settlements, set for next week
Demonstration labeled ‘Occupation, expulsion and settlement’ seeks to rally support against phase two of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, halt IDF withdrawals from Gaza
By Jeremy Sharon
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
Israeli settler activists set up tents in what they claimed is southern Lebanon, which the IDF initially denied, December 7, 2024. (Uri Tzafon Movement)
December 8, 2024, 7:56 pm
Settler group claims to have entered Lebanon and established outpost; IDF denies it
Far-right Uri Tzafon Movement says families set up tents in southern Lebanon, but military says group’s claims are false and that the settler activists never crossed the border
By Jeremy Sharon, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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