How many Israeli settlements in the West Bank were evacuated during Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan?

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As part of the 2005 disengagement plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon oversaw the evacuation of four Israeli settlements in the West Bank.12

While the primary focus of the plan was the complete removal of all Israeli settlements and security forces from the Gaza Strip, the evacuation of these four small West Bank settlements was included at the insistence of the United States. The vast majority of settlements in the West Bank remained unaffected by this initiative.231