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Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- kibbutz
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Southern District
- Population
- +846
- Elevation
- +110
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.saad.org.il
- Image
- Old Security House (1948) of Kibbutz Sa'ad, Israel.jpg
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thumb|Sa'ad under construction
'''Sa'ad''' () is a religious kibbutz located in the northwestern Negev desert in southern Israel. Located near the Gaza Strip, and the cities of Sderot and Netivot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In , it had a population of . ==History== thumb|Historic watchtower The kibbutz was founded on 30 June 1947, the day after the one-year anniversary of Operation Agatha, by graduates of the Bnei Akiva movement. It was established in a manner similar to the tower and stockade settlement campaign of the late 1930s, and was the first religious kibbutz to be founded by Sabras. During the 1948 War, the kibbutz was almost entirely destroyed by the Egyptian army. The local museum "Ma'oz Mul 'Aza" (Stronghold at Gaza) details the history of the war in this area, opposite the Gaza strip.