Uvda ( he, עובדה) is the name of a region in the southern
Negev
The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...
desert, directly north of
Eilat
Eilat ( , ; he, אֵילַת ; ar, إِيلَات, Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of , a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jorda ...
.
The name derives from the Hebrew word ''uvda'' (meaning fact). The region was captured during
Operation Uvda
Operation Uvda ( he, מבצע עובדה, ''Mivtza Uvda'') was an operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, from March 5 to March 10, 1949. It was the last campaign undertaken by the IDF during the war an ...
in the
1948 Arab-Israeli War, when the
Israel Defense Forces entered the area with the stated aim of establishing '
facts on the ground
Facts on the ground is a diplomatic and geopolitical term that means the situation in reality as opposed to in the abstract.
The term was popularised in the 1970s in discussions of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict to refer to Israeli settlements ...
', hence the name.
The Uvda Valley is known for the 7000-year-old archaeological site.
See also
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Ovda Airport
Ovda Airport is a military air base and former joint-use civilian airport in the Uvda region of southern Israel, about north of Eilat. It was the country's second international airport. Ovda was originally built as a military airbase in 198 ...
External links
:Prehistoric site and temple
Uvda open sanctuary Replica of the temple leopards
The Israel Museum
References
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Eilat
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