Israeli settlers expand outpost near Nablus, rights group says Israeli settlers on Friday expanded an illegal settlement outpost on Palestinian land in the city of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, Anadolu news agency reported. Settler groups added prefabricated houses to an illegal settlement outpost established on Mount Qarqafa, southeast of Nablus, human rights group Al-Baidar said in statement. The report said that nearly 451,000 Israelis in the occupied West Bank and around 230,000 in East Jerusalem are living on seized Palestinian land.