Ten families moved into a newly built neighborhood in Homesh in northern Samaria, marking the first permanent return of former residents to one of the communities evacuated during Israel’s 2005 disengagement.
The Samaria Regional Council erected the first residential structures on Mount Ebal, around 10 months after Israel’s Cabinet approved the establishment of a new community at the site.
The families, some of whom were removed from the area two decades ago, moved into homes in a new neighborhood known as Homesh B. The move follows legislative changes in 2025 that repealed parts of the Disengagement Law, allowing Israelis to return to the site in coordination with government authorities.
Homesh was one of four Jewish communities in northern Samaria — along with Sa-Nur, Ganim and Kadim — that were dismantled as part of the 2005 disengagement, which also saw Israel withdraw from the Gaza Strip.