IDF confirms West Bank commander met with settler official

What happened

• Eight Jewish families moved into eight homes on the outskirts of Jericho after what the Binyamin Regional Council and the Nachala movement described as a secret purchase from Palestinians, kept quiet until the families arrived.JNS.orgIsrael Hayomjpost.com
• The homes sit in Area C, under full Israeli control, only meters from Jericho itself, which is in Palestinian Authority-controlled Area A, near the Hasmonean palaces archaeological site.jpost.comJNS.org
• The IDF told JNS the move happened without prior coordination or authorization and that authorities were reviewing the purchase and its security implications; Israel Hayom reported three platoons assigned to counter-smuggling work were redirected to guard the new residents.JNS.orgIsrael Hayomynet
• Settlement leaders framed the move as undoing the 1994 handover of Jericho, with council head Yisrael Gantz saying they are dismantling the Oslo Accords in practice, and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu visiting and urging ministers to live in the city as some do in Hebron.JNS.orgChannel 14
• Haaretz reported that settlers entered Palestinian homes and that residents reportedly fled, while arriving families told Israeli outlets they had not been told their destination until the gathering point and said the army is protecting them.HaaretzIsrael National Newsynet

Why it matters

Jericho was the first city Israel transferred to the Palestinian Authority under Oslo, so a Jewish residential presence at its edge is treated by its organizers as a direct reversal of that arrangement, and by the army as an unplanned security burden.JNS.orgIsrael Hayom

Where coverage differs

• Pro-Israel and right-leaning Israeli outlets led with the purchase, the pioneering mood and the political call to settle Jericho, while Haaretz led with settlers entering Palestinian homes and residents reportedly leaving.Channel 14JNS.orgIsrael National NewsIsrael HayomHaaretz
• Israeli outlets across the spectrum, including the center-leaning ynet and the right-leaning Israel Hayom, gave prominence to the army's complaint about the lack of coordination and the diversion of troops, a detail largely absent from the non-Israeli coverage in the set.ynetIsrael HayomJNS.orgArab News
• Outlets outside Israel placed the story alongside wider West Bank friction - displacement in Hebron, demolitions near Jerusalem and restrictions on the olive harvest - rather than treating the Jericho move on its own.Arab NewsYahooEuronews.comand 1 source we do not link