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Gvaot is an Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement

Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, which is partially under Israeli military administration and partially under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, and in the Golan Heights, which are under Isr...
 located in Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion

Gush Etzion refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part of Mount Hebron in the southern West Bank, and destroyed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....
, in the westernmost area of the settlement bloc. The location is strategically located above the highway from Gush Etzion to Beit Shemesh and the Shephelah
Shephelah

The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level....
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A 1982 Israeli government decision led to the construction of an IDF
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 Nahal
Nahal

Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas....
 outpost at the site in 1984. In 1997 the base was transferred to the Shvut Yisrael Hesder
Hesder

Hesder is an Israeli yeshiva program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with military service in the Israel Defense Forces, usually within a Religious_Zionism#Military_service framework....
 Yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
, which moved there from nearby Efrat
Efrat

Efrat , or officially Efrata , is an Israeli settlement in Judea , located south of Jerusalem, between Bethlehem and Hebron. Efrat was established in 1980, and contained 8,000 residents at the end of 2007 according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics....
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Over the following decade the Yeshiva developed the location as a housing area for its married students and their families.






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Gvaot is an Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement

Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, which is partially under Israeli military administration and partially under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, and in the Golan Heights, which are under Isr...
 located in Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion

Gush Etzion refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part of Mount Hebron in the southern West Bank, and destroyed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....
, in the westernmost area of the settlement bloc. The location is strategically located above the highway from Gush Etzion to Beit Shemesh and the Shephelah
Shephelah

The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level....
.

A 1982 Israeli government decision led to the construction of an IDF
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 Nahal
Nahal

Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas....
 outpost at the site in 1984. In 1997 the base was transferred to the Shvut Yisrael Hesder
Hesder

Hesder is an Israeli yeshiva program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with military service in the Israel Defense Forces, usually within a Religious_Zionism#Military_service framework....
 Yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
, which moved there from nearby Efrat
Efrat

Efrat , or officially Efrata , is an Israeli settlement in Judea , located south of Jerusalem, between Bethlehem and Hebron. Efrat was established in 1980, and contained 8,000 residents at the end of 2007 according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics....
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Over the following decade the Yeshiva developed the location as a housing area for its married students and their families. The yeshiva itself moved back to Efrat in 2003. Currently 16 families live in the settlement in mobile home
Mobile home

Mobile homes or static caravans are prefabrication homes built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied....
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