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Tzur Hadassah
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Tzur Hadassah

Tzur Hadassah is a town located in the Jerusalem Corridor, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Jerusalem, at an altitude of 755 meters above sea level, located on Route 375 west of Beitar Illit, about one kilometer west of the Green Line, adjacent to the Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin.

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In 2024 it had a population of 10,459.

How locals move

Getting around Tzur Hadassah the local way

  • Get inHitchhiking (described below) can be difficult if you have a suitcase.
  • Get inIf you prefer to hitchhike, take the 31 or 32 local buses to the trempiada (see below).
  • Get inIf you don't have a car, the fastest, cheapest and easiest travel option is hitchhiking, or in Israeli English, "to catch a tremp".
  • Get inThe main hitchhiking hub is in the southern exit from Jerusalem, a place called "Tzomet HaMinharot", or informally the trempiada.
  • Get inFrom here you can get another tremp to a specific settlement, although many Israelis consider it unsafe to hitchhike here (in the past, it has been the site of kidnappings and shootings by Palestinians).
  • Get inFrom Beit Shemesh, hitchhiking is easiest, but the 409 bus also runs several times a day.
  • Get aroundThe only exception is Efrat, which is very long and narrow, so hitchhiking or taking an (infrequent) bus may be more effective.
  • Get aroundHitchhiking (from within a settlement) is a safer and faster option.

From Wikivoyage: Gush Etzion, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

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