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Gush Etzion

Illustrative: Bulldozers work in the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
June 3, 2026, 5:29 pm
Over 2,100 West Bank settlement housing units advance in planning process
Smotrich says construction of the homes ‘solidifies our hold on the territory’; Abbas urges US to stop Israeli ‘madness’
By Jeremy Sharon and Agencies
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, co-head of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, south of Jerusalem in the West Bank, on December 7, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2026, 8:17 am
Leading Religious Zionist rabbi: Extremist settler violence must be stopped from the pulpit
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, co-head of Yeshivat Har Etzion in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, discusses the challenges facing his community and the country as a whole
By Rossella Tercatin
A Palestinian man uses a cellphone to record a burning truck after an alleged settler attack in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm in the West Bank on November 11, 2025. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
November 24, 2025, 4:57 am
‘We cannot remain silent’: 400 Gush Etzion residents sign petition against settler attacks
Violence is ‘happening around our communities and we have a responsibility to address it,’ says one of the promoters of the initiative
By Rossella Tercatin
A Palestinian inspects the damage to a warehouse following an attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Deir Sharaf, west of Nablus, in the West Bank, November 19, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
November 21, 2025, 2:32 am
Security agencies said to push new plan to counter surging settler violence
Officials said to back special team to combat ‘Jewish terrorism’ in West Bank, but unlikely to resume use of administrative detention on Jews; settlers burn Palestinian scrapyard
By Stav Levaton and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security forces and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank, November 18, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); inset: Aharon Cohen, the victim in the terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction on November 18, 2025. (Courtesy)
November 18, 2025, 5:45 pm
Israeli killed in terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank; 3 others wounded
Victim named as Aharon Cohen, 71; two attackers arrive in car, attempt ramming before exiting to stab people; troops open fire, killing them; woman hit by IDF fire, seriously hurt
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli soldier stands near the scene of a car bomb explosion in the West Bank settlement of Karmei Tzur, in front of a sign in which the Arabic has been blacked out by vandals, August 31, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2024, 5:51 pm
Hamas claims responsibility for dual car bombing in West Bank last week
Attack in Gush Etzion on Friday came amid major counter-terror operation in territory, following attempted suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that Hamas also claimed
By Emanuel Fabian
Israelis mark the Sukkot holiday in front of a large Star of David in the West Bank settlement of Sde Boaz, in Gush Etzion, October 11, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
July 20, 2024, 5:33 pm
‘Fighting the same battle’: After Oct. 7, settlers court Republican evangelicals
Groups, including one founded hours after start of Hamas onslaught, fund visits for prominent GOP officials: ‘Having friends and voices like that in very high places in the US helps us’
By Jonathan Saul and Simon Lewis
Security forces at the scene where David Ben Avraham man was shot by troops near Elazar, in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, on March 21, 2024. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
March 21, 2024, 9:48 am
IDF probing fatal shooting of Palestinian convert to Judaism in West Bank
Sameh Zaytoun reportedly had hands in air during ‘serious incident’ at Elazar junction; small knife later found in his bag
By Emanuel Fabian
An image of the illegal West Bank outpost of Tzon Kedar Farms / Mitzpe Yehuda from 2020 which was legalized by the government in February 2023. (Screen capture/Facebook; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 28, 2024, 4:10 pm
‘A giant gift’: Settler leaders hail IDF approval of borders for new W. Bank settlement
Planning proposals for now-legalized outpost seek some 3,600 housing units; ‘We will continue the settlement momentum throughout the land,’ says Smotrich
By Jeremy Sharon
Anti-judicial overhaul protesters in Maale Adumim. (Courtesy)
September 17, 2023, 3:41 pm
In the major West Bank settlements, anti-judicial overhaul rallies gather steam
Small but growing groups of protesters – many of whom are disillusioned with a government they voted for – take to the streets in some of the far-right’s strongholds
By Gavriel Fiske
A viral selfie taken by popstar Noa Kirel (right) with Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon on a flight to Tel Aviv in May, 2023. (WhatsApp screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 17, 2023, 6:37 pm
Plane encounter between singer Noa Kirel and top rabbi goes viral
Photo shared by rabbi’s daughter to social media resonates with Israelis, who see it as example of connection between two people from distinct communities
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Israeli security forces at the scene of a stabbing attack at the Gush Eztion Junction in the West Bank, on April 17, 2023. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
April 17, 2023, 8:21 pm
Palestinian woman stabs Israeli in Gush Etzion, is shot by soldiers
Civilian victim, 36, moderately wounded; attacker taken to hospital
By Emanuel Fabian
The husband and children of Lucy Dee, 48, who was killed in a West Bank terror shooting attack, attend her funeral at the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery in Kfar Etzion on April 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
April 11, 2023, 4:30 pm
‘To lose a mother is to lose life’: Thousands at funeral for terror victim Lucy Dee
Husband and three surviving children return to cemetery less than 48 hours after burying Dee’s two daughters Maia and Rina; all were killed in a West Bank shooting attack
By ToI Staff
Identical twins Yael Yishai, right, and Avital Segel, left, pose with their newborn sons at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, May 30, 2022. (Shaare Zedek via JTA)
June 2, 2022, 8:13 am
Identical twins give birth to boys on same day in Jerusalem
Sisters from Gush Etzion each already had two girls, one boy; hospital says similar event happened in 1997
By Ron Kampeas
A picture uploaded by Tekoa resident Yair Maimon to Facebook on May 9, shows him and his wife drinking coffee outside their home alongside the caption, 'Waiting for the next terrorist.' (Facebook)
May 9, 2022, 10:36 am
While sipping tea with his wife: Tekoa resident recounts confronting terrorist
Yair Maimon says he spotted a Palestinian climbing fence meters away from his house, then grabbed his M16 rifle and shot him
By Tobias Siegal
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