With the resumption of the process, any person with claims to the land must present the required documents to prove their ownership. However, if Palestinians fail to present the documents, Israel will have a right to take the land as "state property" with the new bill.
Mourners pray during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli strike, according to medics, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2026.
Israeli troops fired on a building in the Tuffah neighborhood in north Gaza, killing at least 11 people, most from the same family, said Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies.
Israel partially reopened the Rafah crossing between the devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt on February 1, following months of urging from humanitarian organisations, though access is limited to the movement of people.
