Ein HaBesor () is a

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in southern

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. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western

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desert near the border with the

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and around a kilometre from Magen, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Eshkol Regional Council Eshkol Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Eshkol'') is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. The regional council's territory lies midway between Ashkelon and Beersheba, bounded on the west by the Gaza St ...

. In it had a population of .

History

Before the moshav

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 Tell es-Sakan () is a tell (a mound created by accumulation of remains) about south of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. It was the site of two separate Early Bronze Age urban settlements: the first was a fortified administrative centre of the E ...

, and covered an estimated . Archaeologists Pierre de Miroschedji and Moain Sadeq hypothesise that En Besor was within an area of permanent Egyptian settlement.

Modern history

The modern moshav was established in 1982. Some of the residents were from , an

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in the

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evacuated after signing of the

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. On 7 October 2023, Ein HaBesor was attacked by Hamas. The moshav's civil defense team, with only four

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, repelled the attack.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Archaeological sites in Israel Moshavim Populated places established in 1982 Gaza envelope Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1982 establishments in Israel