Hill 777 or Givat Arnon ( he, גבעת ארנון) is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, a 12 kilometer drive from

Itamar Itamar ( he, אִיתָמָר) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank's Samarian mountains, five kilometers southeast of the Palestinian city of Nablus. The settlement was built on land confiscated from the Palestinian villages of A ...

, under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council, 28 km inside the

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. Hill 777, like all Israeli outposts, is illegal under Israeli law. The international community views Israeli outposts as

Israeli settlement Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli se ...

s and considers them also illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

History

The Hill 777 outpost was founded in 1999. Despite being 5.6 km from Itamar, it is an outpost of Itamar. The name ''Givat Arnon'' was given in memory of Aryeh Agranioni. In May 2001, Agranioni was guarding a railway container housing agricultural equipment on Hill 777. While on guard he was murdered with his own gun. Originally Hill 777 was an unrecognized outpost, and in 2000 were forced to evacuate and the residents moved to Hill 830. The murder of Agranioni helped accelerate the issuing of a military permit enabling the Hill 777 outpost. Residents returned home to Hill 777 only one year after leaving.

Population

Currently there are 7 families living on Hill 777. These residents are currently living in 6 caravans and a container.

References

{{Coord, 32.1536, 35.3675, display=title Unauthorized Israeli settlements Populated places established in 1999 1999 establishments in the Palestinian territories Israeli outposts