Otniel

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Otniel (Hebrew: עָתְנִיאֵל) is an Orthodox Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, south of Hebron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2024, it had a population of 1,014. Otniel is named after the first biblical judge of Israel, Othniel Ben Kenaz; the settlement is located between the Palestinian cities of Yatta and Dahariya, adjacent to Highway 60, which connects Jerusalem and Be'er Sheva.

Othniel serves as a regional center in the Hebron Hills and hosts numerous educational institutions: a Hesder Yeshiva, a high school yeshiva, a middle school, and a regional elementary school for the children of the settlement and the surrounding area. The nearby Jewish settlements to Othniel are Beit Hagai to the north and Shim'a and Mitzpe Eshtemoa to the south. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

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Otniel is an Israeli settlement south of Hebron, home to a yeshiva. Through 2010 the opening said "Students of Otniel yeshiva were victims of a terror attack in 2003, taking the lives of four boys," and noted a second, later terror attack that killed a teacher. Today's opening makes no mention of either attack, describing Otniel only by geography, population and its educational institutions, though the word survives twice in the body. A reader today does not learn from the opening that four boys were killed in a terrorist attack at the settlement's yeshiva.

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