Bedolah
Former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip
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Bedolah (Hebrew: בְּדֹלַח, lit. 'Crystal') was an Israeli settlement and army base in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the southwest edge of the Gaza Strip.[1] 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.
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Bedolah
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Former Israeli settlement | |
Evacuation of Bedolach, 2005 | |
| Etymology: Crystal | |
  Bedolah | |
| Coordinates: 31°19′46″N 34°15′21″E | |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founded by | Orthodox Jews |
History
Bedolah was founded as a paramilitary Nahal settlement in 1979, and handed over to civilians in 1986 as an Orthodox agricultural settlement.[2] It was home to 33 settlement's families and a population of 220.[2] Most residents were from a group of children of the Moshavim from the Western Negev and the Tel Mond area.[citation needed] The settlement has also absorbed a group of immigrant families from France.[citation needed]
Its main industry was hothouse crops such as vegetables and flowers.[citation needed]
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]
