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Gush Etzion Junction is located in the northern Judean Hills at about 950 m above sea level. The junction is a 25-meter (82 ft) diameter roundabout (traffic circle) at the intersection of Route 60 and Route 367. Nearby communities include Efrat, Elazar, Alon Shvut, Kfar Etzion, Migdal Oz and Beit Fajjar.
The entrance to the Gush Etzion bloc is the Gush Etzion Junction, which is located just west of the intersection of Route 60 and Route 367. The junction is located between Efrat and Alon Shvut and very close to Migdal Oz .
On 19 November 2015, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a line of traffic near Alon Shvut in the West Bank and continued to fire as he drove the car towards Gush Etzion Junction where he lost control of the vehicle, which then crashed into another vehicle. As a result, 3 civilians were killed and 5 were wounded.
On 16 September 2018, while waiting outside of a shopping mall at the Gush Etzion Junction, 17-year-old Palestinian Khalil Yusef Ali Jabarin stabbed Fuld in the back. [7] Mortally wounded, Fuld chased Jabarin, jumped over a small wall, and his legs buckled. [1] After righting himself, Fuld pulled his gun and shot Jabarin.
The 2005 Gush Etzion Junction shooting was a drive-by shooting attack on October 16, 2005, at the Gush Etzion Junction in Gush Etzion, in which three Israelis were killed and three others were injured.
While it continues on to serve as the main north–south artery between Israeli settlements and Palestinian communities such as the cities of Hebron and Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, it is a two-lane, shoulderless road until past Hebron at Gush Etzion Junction, where it regains its lane-separation until short of Bethlehem, that section ...
Admission is $18. Proceeds will benefit the Gush Etzion Foundation, which supports initiatives in the region.
The convoy was on its way to deliver supplies to the residents of the Etzion Bloc, including food, water, gas canisters for cooking, kitchen utensils, and sacks of flour. The journey from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion usually took about 30 minutes, and the convoy was supposed to split at the Gush Etzion Junction. The convoy had no appointed ...