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]
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 (2022)[1] | 1,109 |
History
editEin 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]
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
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ 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
- ^ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 412. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ^ Surkes, Sue (15 October 2023). "Heart-stopping accounts of bravery emerge from a town that repelled Hamas onslaught". The Times of Israel.