Ein HaBesor
{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| hebname = עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר
| image = עין הבשור.jpeg
| imgsize= 250px
| foundation = 1982
| founded_by = Evacuated settlers
| country = Israel
| district = south
| council = Eshkol
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|En Habesor}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
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|coordinates = {{coord|31|16|56|N|34|27|1|E|display=inline,title}}
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Ein HaBesor ({{langx|he|עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר||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 {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|En Habesor}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
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.McGovern, Patrick E. (2003) Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture Princeton University Press, {{ISBN|0-691-07080-6}} p 101Hornsey, Ian Spencer (2003) A History of Beer and Brewing Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) {{ISBN|0-85404-630-5}} p 53 Archaeologists Pierre de Miroschedji and Moain Sadeq hypothesise that En Besor was within an area of permanent Egyptian settlement.{{citation |last1=de Miroschedji |first1=Pierre |last2=Sadeq |first2=Moain |chapter=The frontier of Egypt in the Early Bronze Age: preliminary soundings at Tell es-Sakan (Gaza Strip) |title=Archaeological Perspectives on the Transmission and Transformation of Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean |year=2005 |editor-first=Joanne |editor-last=Clarke |publisher=Council for British Research in the Levant |pages=155-169 |jstor=j.ctv310vqks.24 |jstor-access=free |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv310vqks.24}}
=Modern history=
The modern moshav was established in 1982. Some of the residents were from {{ill|Sadot|he|שדות}}, an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula evacuated after signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.{{Cite book
| publisher = Mapa Publishing
| isbn = 965-7184-34-7
| pages = 412
|editor=Yuval Elʻazari
| title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel
| location = Tel-Aviv
| year = 2005
|language=he}}
On 7 October 2023, Ein HaBesor was attacked by Hamas. The moshav's civil defense team, with only four M16 rifles, repelled the attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/heart-stopping-accounts-of-bravery-emerge-from-a-town-that-repelled-hamas-onslaught/|title= Heart-stopping accounts of bravery emerge from a town that repelled Hamas onslaught|date=15 October 2023|first=Sue|last=Surkes|publisher=The Times of Israel}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.einhabsor.co.il Official website]
{{Eshkol Regional Council}}
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Category:Archaeological sites in Israel
Category:Populated places established in 1982