Ein HaBesor

Ein HaBesor
עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר
Ein HaBesor is located in Northwest Negev region of Israel
Ein HaBesor
Ein HaBesor
Ein HaBesor is located in Israel
Ein HaBesor
Ein HaBesor
Coordinates: 31°16′56″N 34°27′1″E / 31.28222°N 34.45028°E / 31.28222; 34.45028
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
CouncilEshkol
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1982
Founded byEvacuated settlers
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,109

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 2022 it had a population of 1,109.[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 [he], an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula evacuated after signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.[4]

On 7 October 2023, Ein HaBesor was attacked by Hamas fighters. The moshav's civil defense team, with only four M16 rifles, repelled the attack.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ McGovern, Patrick E. (2003) Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-07080-6 p 101
  3. ^ Hornsey, Ian Spencer (2003) A History of Beer and Brewing Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) ISBN 0-85404-630-5 p 53
  4. ^ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 412. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  5. ^ Surkes, Sue (15 October 2023). "Heart-stopping accounts of bravery emerge from a town that repelled Hamas onslaught". The Times of Israel.