• Mount Sabih is located between three Palestinian villages: Qabalan, Yatma, and Beita, south of Nablus.
• In May 2021, Israeli settlers established the illegal outpost Evyatar on the mountain's highest peak.
• A compromise was reached with Israeli authorities** in July 2021**, allowing settlers to return if the land is declared state-owned. -** On July 8, 2021**, Palestinian villagers petitioned the Israeli High Court to revoke this compromise, claiming ownership of the land.
• The Israeli Supreme Court postponed its ruling until a decision on the land's status is made.
• In October 2021, 60 dunams (15 acres) were declared state land, and a legal settlement was approved in February 2022, though no action was taken.

2023-2024

• Incident at Beita Protest: On 6 September 2024, American-Turkish Activist Killed: Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American-Turkish human rights activist, was shot in the head by Israeli forces during a protest in Beita, West Bank, and died from her injuries. Eygi attended a protest in Beita, near the Israel settlement of Evyatar. The protest, which is held weekly, calls for the end of settlement expansion in the West Bank. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) opened fire on protesters using live ammunition, stun grenades, and tear gas. Eygi was critically injured and later died at Rafida Hospital in Nablus.