Karmei Katif
Communal settlement in southern Israel
Place in Southern, Israel
Karmei Katif 31°32′15″N 34°54′43″E / 31.53750°N 34.91194°E / 31.53750; 34.91194 | |
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Country | Israel |
District | Southern |
Council | Lakhish |
Founded | 2016 |
Population (2022)[1] | 678 |
Karmei Katif (Hebrew: כרמי קטיף) is a communal settlement in southern Israel. Located close to the Green Line of the southern West Bank, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 678.[1]
History
The village was established in 2016 by former residents of the Katif settlement who had left the Gaza Strip as a result of the disengagement plan. Between the disengagement and the building of the new village, the founders lived in the moshav of Amatzia directly to the south of Karmei Katif. The village was built on the ruins of the Palestinian village of al-Dawayima, the site of the al-Dawayima massacre during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ יישוב למפוני גוש קטיף נבנה על שרידי כפר פלסטיני Haaretz, 21 June 2013