Gevaot (Hebrew: גְּבָעוֹת) is an Israeli outpost[1] located in the West Bank, in the westernmost area of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.

[citation needed] According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated 135 dunams of land from the nearby Palestinian village of Nahalin in order to construct Gevaot.

In 2013, the Israeli government announced plans to expand the settlement and opened bids for 1,000 additional housing units.

[10] The move, first prompted by a suggestion at a security meeting by Moshe Ya'alon,[18] was explained both as a response to the murder of three Israeli teenagers and as a measure adopted by Benjamin Netanyahu to placate government allies to his right who were critical of his handling of Hamas in the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.

[20] Palestinians in the area, including the mayor of Surif, Ahmad Lafi, said that land belongs to them[20] and that they harvested olive trees there.