In November 2011, Israeli police and IDF soldiers arrested twelve settlers out of dozens who were throwing stones at them in an attempt to prevent the removal of three illegal structures in Oz Zion.
[3] In both January[2] and February 2012 forces from the Israeli Civil Administration destroyed structures in Oz Zion.
[5] On December 29, 2012, a group of hundreds of settlers drove off IDF and IBP forces who were attempting to dismantle structures at Oz Zion.
[7] The IDF and IBP returned the next day, evicted 20 residents of the illegal outpost, and destroyed a number of structures.
[7] As of December 2012, according to settler activist Daniella Weiss, there was one family living at Oz Zion and "a steady group of teens and young adults who man the outpost.