Pe'at Sadeh (, ''lit. Mouth Field'') was an

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in the

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that existed until 2005.

History

Pe'at Sadeh was originally established in 1989 by a group of families on the 'Slav'

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base in the southern end of

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and moved to its later site on an adjacent hill in 1993. It was one of the few 'mixed' settlements in

settlement bloc which was predominantly

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. Its name is a reference to Pe'a (Hebrew: פאה), a form of Jewish charity in which the corner of a field, vineyard or orchard is left unharvested for the poor to come and take what they need. Sadeh is Hebrew for ''field''.

Unilateral disengagement

The 20 families, including at least 117 people, of Pe'at Sadeh were forcibly evicted from their homes by the IDF and

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as part of the

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in August 2005. Their houses and other structures were destroyed and the area was abandoned. Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip Populated places established in 1989 Villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict 1993 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area 2005 disestablishments in Palestine {{Palestine-geo-stub