Pe'at Sadeh ( he, פְּאַת שָׂדֶה, ''lit. Mouth Field'') was an
Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli se ...
, in the
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
until 2005.
History
Pe'at Sadeh was originally established in 1989 by a group of families on the 'Slav'
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
base in the southern end of
Gush Katif and moved to its later site on an adjacent hill in 1993. It was one of the few 'mixed' settlements in
Gush Katif settlement bloc which was predominantly
Orthodox.
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
Israeli Police as part of the
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan 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 Palestinian territories
2005 disestablishments in the Palestinian territories
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