A new construction for new housing in the settlement of Alon Shvut, in Gush Etzion, October 3, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

View of the Israeli settlement of Rosh Tzurim, in Gush Etzion, October 3, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

View of the settlement of Alon Shvut and Elazar in the background, in Gush Etzion, October 3, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Jews pray for forgiveness ahead of the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, at the Har Etzion Yeshiva in the Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut, in Gush Etzion, on October 3, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Jews pray for forgiveness ahead of the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, at the Har Etzion Yeshiva in the Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut, in Gush Etzion, on October 3, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Jews pray for forgiveness ahead of the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, at the Har Etzion Yeshiva in the Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut, in Gush Etzion, on October 3, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Jews pray for forgiveness ahead of the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, at the Har Etzion Yeshiva in the Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut, in Gush Etzion, on October 3, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Jews pray for forgiveness ahead of the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, at the Har Etzion Yeshiva in the Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut, in Gush Etzion, on October 3, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Thousands of students attend a ceremony marking the end of "Shnat Shmita", in the jewish settlement of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, October 2, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Thousands of students attend a ceremony marking the end of "Shnat Shmita", in the jewish settlement of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, October 2, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Thousands of students attend a ceremony marking the end of "Shnat Shmita", in the jewish settlement of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, October 2, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

A man standing near a hole in the security fence, in Kfar Ezion, in the West Bank, on October 2, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Thousands of students attend a ceremony marking the end of "Shnat Shmita", in the jewish settlement of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, October 2, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

A man standing near a hole in the security fence, in Kfar Ezion, in the West Bank, on October 2, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90