Kissufim
Sign in to saveKissufim () is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev desert in Israel. Located adjacent to the Gaza Strip at an altitude of above sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Key facts
- Kibbutz.name
- Kissufim
- Kibbutz.image
- Kissufim.jpg
- Kibbutz.caption
- Map of Kissufim on a sign in the kibbutz.
- Kibbutz.imgsize
- 250
- Kibbutz.arname
- كيسوفيم
- Kibbutz.meaning
- Yearning
- Kibbutz.foundation
- 1951
- Kibbutz.founded_by
- American and South American Zionist youth movement members
- Kibbutz.district
- south
- Kibbutz.council
- Eshkol
- Kibbutz.affiliation
- Kibbutz Movement
- Kibbutz.pushpin_map
- Israel northwest negev#Israel
- Kibbutz.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Kibbutz.pushpin_label_position
- right
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- 2023 Hamas massacre
- Economy
- Archaeology
- Kissufim crossing
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
- Archaeology links
Kissufim () is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev desert in Israel. Located adjacent to the Gaza Strip at an altitude of above sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==History== The village was established in 1951 by Zionist youth movement members from the United States and South America. One of the founders of the kibbutz was Ami Saull, who was born in Manhattan 1932 (nephew of Israel Galili and father of filmmaker Dror Shaul). Kissufim is part of the Shalom bloc of Israeli settlement meant to secure Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip from the numerous Palestinian Fedayeen infiltrations. The government financed reinforced concrete rooms for each home which serve as bomb shelters.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kissufim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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