Bedolah
{{Short description|Former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip}}
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Bedolah ({{langx|he|בְּדֹלַח||Crystal}}) was an Israeli settlement and army base in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the southwest edge of the Gaza Strip.{{cite web|title=Israeli jets avenge raid on army by commandos|first= Suzanne |last= Goldenberg|work= The Guardian| date=27 August 2001 |accessdate=2008-02-04 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/aug/27/israel}} Home to 220 religious Jews, its inhabitants were evicted, its houses demolished, and its land surrendered to the Palestinian National Authority as part of Israel's disengagement of 2005.
History
Bedolah was founded as a paramilitary Nahal settlement in 1979, and handed over to civilians in 1986 as an Orthodox agricultural settlement.[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2005/Paying%20the%20Price%20for%20Peace%20-%20July%202005 Paying the Price for Peace], Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs It was home to 33 settlement's families and a population of 220. Most residents were from a group of children of the Moshavim from the Western Negev and the Tel Mond area.{{citation needed|date=September 2008}} The settlement has also absorbed a group of immigrant families from France.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
Its main industry was hothouse crops such as vegetables and flowers.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
The residents of Bedolah were forcibly evicted from their homes on August 17, 2005, by the 'blue' brigade manned mostly by the Israeli Air Force personnel.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Bedolah}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060208135615/http://www1.idf.il/SIP_STORAGE/DOVER/files/8/44028.wmv Israeli army video of Bedolah evacuation]
{{Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip}}
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Category:Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip
Category:Religious Israeli settlements
Category:Populated places established in 1979
Category:1979 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate
Category:1986 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area