Kol Ha'ir Hebrew newspaper said that the committee also approved two other settlement plans, including 850 housing units on Jaffa Street near the Mahane Yehuda market and 210 housing units in Kiryat Yearim illegal settlement.

Psgat Ze'ev expansion plan includes the construction of fourteen 12-storey buildings with 730 new housing units.

16 dunums will also be allocated for open spaces, the sources underlined.

Jaffa Street settlement plan includes the construction of four 40-storey buildings with 850 housing units.

Kiryat Yearim expansion plan also includes the construction of nine 8-storey buildings with 210 new housing units.

Palestinian estimates indicate there are about 650,000 Jewish settlers living in 164 illegal settlements and 116 outposts in the West Bank, including in Occupied Jerusalem.

Under international law, all Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are considered illegal. (ILKHA)