IDF Blocks Roads to Gaza Border After Hundreds Attempt to Build Settlement Outpost

More than 700 activists took part in establishing an outpost dubbed 'Pioneers of Gaza' overnight, calling on the government to move it into the enclave's buffer zone.

The Israel Defense Forces blocked access roads leading to the Gaza border following an overnight attempt by settlement activists to establish an outpost near the frontier, The Jerusalem Post and Israel National News reported.

According to the reports, the Nahala movement said more than 700 people took part in establishing the outpost, dubbed "Pioneers of Gaza." The group included dozens of families with children, rabbis, Knesset members, bereaved families, and wounded IDF veterans.

The activists urged the Israeli government to authorize relocating the outpost into the buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip. Further details regarding potential evacuations or responses from defense officials have not yet been released.