Netiv HaAsara

{{For|the former Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula|Netiv HaAsara, Sinai}}

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| name = Netiv HaAsara

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| district = south

| council = Hof Ashkelon

| affiliation = Moshavim Movement

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| meaning = Path of the Ten

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Netiv HaAsara ({{langx|he|נְתִיב הָעֲשָׂרָה||Path of the Ten}}) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-west Negev, just at the northern border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Netiv Haasara}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

History

The moshav was founded in 1982 by 70 families who were residents of the former Israeli settlement of Netiv HaAsara in the Sinai Peninsula, which was evacuated as a result of the Camp David Accords.{{cite news |last=Berg |first=Raffi |title= Israelis on the frontline with Gaza |work=BBC |access-date=April 18, 2019 |date=November 18, 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4446576.stm}} The original moshav had previously been named Minyan for ten soldiers who were killed in a helicopter accident south of Rafah in 1971.{{cite book |editor-last1=El'azari |editor-first1=Yuval |title=Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel |publisher=Mapa Publishing |isbn=965-7184-34-7 |pages=381 |location=Tel Aviv |year=2005 |language=he}}

After the Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005, Netiv HaAsara became the closest community in Israel to the Gaza Strip, located 400 meters away from the edge of the Palestinian town of Beit Lahia. At the southern edge of the village, a car park was converted into an Israel Defense Forces base and tanks were deployed. An electric fence was erected to stop infiltration attempts from Gaza, and three concrete walls were built against potential Palestinian snipers.

The moshav was a target of Qassam rockets, Katyusha rockets,{{cite news |last=Katz |first=Yaakov |title=Katyusha rocket fired at Netiv Ha'asara |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=April 18, 2019 |date=May 16, 2006 |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Katyusha-rocket-fired-at-Netiv-Haasara}} and mortar shellings,{{cite news |last=Hadad |first=Shmulik |date=January 31, 2008 |title=8 mortar shells hit community of Netiv HaAsara |work=YNet News |access-date=April 18, 2019 |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3493757,00.html}} In 2007, the Popular Resistance Committees sent two guerrillas to infiltrate the moshav, but they were killed by the IDF.{{cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Hanan |title=IDF forces foil terror plot |work=YNet News |access-date=April 18, 2019 |date=August 25, 2007 |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3441642,00.html}}

Dana Galkowicz, a 22-year-old Israeli-Brazilian woman, was killed on 14 July 2005 by a Qassam rocket. On 10 January 2007, a nine-year-old school girl was killed. On 10 March 2010, a Thai worker was killed.{{Cite news

| last = Galkowicz

| first = Natan

| title = Victims of Terror

| work = Foreign Ministry of Israel

| accessdate = 2010-03-25

| date = 2007-08-25

| url = http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/IsraelUnderAttack/Moshav+Netiv+Haasara/victim140705.htm

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On 25 August 2007, Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committees and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attempted to enter Netiv HaAsara from Gaza, using a ladder to scale the Israel-Gaza border. Two militants were killed by the Israel Defense Forces.{{cite news |title=Fighters killed at Gaza crossing |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2007/8/25/fighters-killed-at-gaza-crossing |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=Al Jazeera English |date=2007-08-25}}

In the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, twenty of the moshav's residents were killed in a massacre.{{Cite web |last=Yerushalmi |first=Shalom |date=2024-10-07 |title=One year on, depths of despair and mountains of hope in the Gaza border communities |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-year-on-depths-of-despair-and-mountains-of-hope-in-the-gaza-border-communities/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Tzuri |first=Matan |date=2024-06-20 |title='A sign of resurgence': Israeli flag raised high right in front of the Gaza Strip |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/hyuhfkwl0 |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=Ynetnews |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Cojean |first=Annick |date=2023-12-01 |title=Israel, the Weissmann family's pioneer dream |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/12/01/israel-the-weissmanns-pioneering-dream_6305191_4.html?random=521870985 |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=Le Monde |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-22 |title=Israel orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone as war's toll passes 39,000 Palestinians |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-july-22-2024-e99dde86d4333a636d280d9a632835a3 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=AP News |language=en}} Since then, most residents have been displaced; as of October 2024, only about 100 people lived there.{{Cite web |last=Yerushalmi |first=Shalom |date=2024-10-07 |title=One year on, depths of despair and mountains of hope in the Gaza border communities |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-year-on-depths-of-despair-and-mountains-of-hope-in-the-gaza-border-communities/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}}

Tourism

In the 2010s Netiv HaAsara became an increasingly popular tourist attraction among foreign visitors despite the threat of rocket attacks from neighboring Gaza. An observation platform designed by architect Zvi Pasternak - expected to open in spring 2018 - will enable visitors to see Gaza City to the south and Ashkelon to the north.{{cite news|last1=Gilad|first1=Moshe|title=Tourism Boom Takes on a Whole New Meaning as Thrill-seeking Adventurers Flock to Israel-Gaza Border|url=https://www.haaretz.com/whdcMobileSite/israel-news/.premium-thrill-seeking-tourists-in-israel-are-visiting-gaza-s-border-1.5747070?v=4FFE5F0C102BC94A49ACADF7AA1FC3F2|accessdate=21 January 2018|publisher=Haaretz|date=20 January 2018}}

The Path to Peace wall mosaic art project and educational center is located on the border between Gaza and Israel at Netiv HaAsara.{{cite web | url=https://www.pathtopeacewall.com/aboutus | title=About }}[https://solaristraveller.com/israel-gaza-wall-peace/ "Living under a cloud of terror in the land of milk and honey" Solaris Traveller (Jan. 5, 2019)] (accessed Feb. 20, 2023)