Bnei Netzarim ( he, בְּנֵי נְצָרִים, ''lit.'' Sons of

Netzarim Netzarim ( he, נְצָרִים) was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip about 5 kilometers southwest of Gaza City. It was established in 1972. In August 2005, the inhabitants of Netzarim were evicted by the Israel Defense Forces as part o ...

) is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

in the southern

Hevel Shalom Hevel Shalom (, lit. ''Shalom region'') is an area in the western Negev desert close to Israel's border with the Gaza Strip and Egypt's Sinai. This area was elected to be substitutive area for evacuees from Yamit. Villages Villages in Hevel Shalo ...

area in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

History

Bnei Netzarim was founded by settlers from Israeli settlements in Gaza removed during Israel's 2005 disengagement plan, primarily

. Some of Netzarim's residents were settled in Yevul following the disengagement and decided to found a new village in the same region. The first residents started home construction in 2008, and the moshav was officially founded and recognized in 2010. In its population was . File:Bney Netzarim 2019-04-10 IZE-121.jpg, Main synagogue File:Bney Netzarim 2019-04-10 IZE-105.jpg, Decorated bomb shelter File:Bney Netzarim 2019-04-10 IZE-115.jpg, House in settlement

References

External links

Bnei Netzarim
at the Eshkol Regional Council website. {{Authority control Eshkol Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 2010 Gaza envelope Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 2010 establishments in Israel