Israel built Gilo on West Bank land captured in the 1967 Middle East War and then annexed it. Israel regards Gilo as a part of Jerusalem and any attack on it as an assault on its capital.

Today, children under the age of five account for 10.6% of the population of Gilo (compared to only 9% in 2009), and from the percentages of children in the five to nine (8.3% in 2018 compared to ...

Third, there are something like 30-50,000 (or more) residents in Gilo many secular Jews, some religious Jews and some Arabs. As such it is very much a mixed Jerusalem neighborhood.

Gilo is on a high ridge just over the 'Green Line' on the southwest edge of the city, miles from 'east Jerusalem.' Prior to the 1948 War of Independence, most of the area had been bought by ...

A man was seriously injured Thursday in a stabbing in the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood, with authorities saying that they believe the incident is likely terror-related.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu rejected on Wednesday the condemnations of Israel over the decision to build 1,100 new housing units in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood. “Gilo isn’t a ...

The southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo will gain 942 new housing units and expand to the east and south. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva.

Despite international pressure, 900 new homes in Gilo are in the works Planning meeting scheduled Wednesday for the most controversial of all the new housing proposals, in the E1 area between ...