Ein HaBesor
עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר | |
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| Coordinates: 31°16′56″N 34°27′1″E / 31.28222°N 34.45028°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Eshkol |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founded by | Evacuated settlers |
| Population (2021)[1] | 1,114 |
Ein HaBesor (Hebrew: עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר, lit. 'Spring of the Besor') is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip and around a kilometre from Magen, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 1,114.[1]
History
Ein Besor was an Egyptian First Dynasty staging post along the "ways of Horus" trade route in the northern Negev. The staging post was contemporary with Tell es-Sakan.[2][3] The modern moshav was established in 1982. Some of the residents were from Sadot, an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula evacuated after signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.[4]
During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Ein HaBesor was attacked by Hamas fighters. The moshav's civil defense team repelled the attack.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ↑ McGovern, Patrick E. (2003) Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-07080-6 p 101
- ↑ Hornsey, Ian Spencer (2003) A History of Beer and Brewing Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) ISBN 0-85404-630-5 p 53
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 412. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Heart-stopping accounts of bravery emerge from a town that repelled Hamas onslaught