The State Prosecution asked the High Court of Justice on Tuesday to rule on whether it is obligated to remove to squatters from dozens of apartments in the Matityahu East district of the West Bank settlement of Modi'in Illit.

The High Court issued an injunction roughly a year and a half ago preventing the apartments from being populated, in response to a petition filed by Peace Now and the Bil'in council that argued the settlement neighborhood is illegal.

The would-be tenants stormed apartments they had purchased after it became clear the construction company, Heftsiba, was going bankrupt. On Monday, the Jerusalem District Court ruled the state is allowed to remove them.