| Hebname | עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר |
|---|---|
| Foundation | 1982 |
| Founded by | Evacuated settlers |
| Country | Israel |
| District | south |
| Council | Eshkol |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Coordinates | 31°16′56″N 34°27′1″E |
Ein HaBesor (Hebrew: עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip and around a kilometre from Magen, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Early Bronze Age
En Besor was an Egyptian First Dynasty staging post along the "ways of Horus" trade route in the northern Negev. The staging post was contemporary with Tell es-Sakan,[1][2] and covered an estimated 1,200 square metres (13,000 sq ft).[3] Archaeologists Pierre de Miroschedji and Moain Sadeq hypothesise that En Besor was within an area of permanent Egyptian settlement.[4]
History after 1982
The modern moshav was established in 1982. Some of the residents were from Sadot, an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula evacuated after signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.[5]
On 7 October 2023, Ein HaBesor was attacked by Hamas. The moshav's civil defense team, with only four M16 rifles, repelled the attack.[6]
References
- ^ McGovern, Patrick E. (2003) Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-07080-6 p 101
- ^ Hornsey, Ian Spencer (2003) A History of Beer and Brewing Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) ISBN 0-85404-630-5 p 53
- ^ de Miroschedji, Pierre & Sadeq, Moain (2005), "The frontier of Egypt in the Early Bronze Age: preliminary soundings at Tell es-Sakan (Gaza Strip)", Archaeological Perspectives on the Transmission and Transformation of Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean, Clarke, Joanne (ed.), Council for British Research in the Levant, p. 163, ISBN 978-1-84217-168-4. JSTOR j.ctv310vqks.24
- ^ de Miroschedji, Pierre & Sadeq, Moain (2005), "The frontier of Egypt in the Early Bronze Age: preliminary soundings at Tell es-Sakan (Gaza Strip)", "Archaeological Perspectives on the Transmission and Transformation of Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean", Clarke, Joanne (ed.), Council for British Research in the Levant, pp. 155–169, JSTOR j.ctv310vqks.24
- ^ Yuval Elʻazari (ed.) (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 412. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ^ Surkes, Sue (15 October 2023). "Heart-stopping accounts of bravery emerge from a town that repelled Hamas onslaught". The Times of Israel