Netiv HaAsara

Netiv HaAsara ( , lit.¹ Path of the Ten) is a moshav in southern Israel . Located in the north-west Negev , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 704.² The moshav was founded in 1982 by 70 families who were residents of the former Israeli settlement of Netiv HaAsara in the Sinai Peninsula , which was evacuated as a result of the Camp David Accords . The original moshav had been named for ten soldiers that were killed in a helicopter accident south of Rafah in 1971, and was originally named " Minyan ". After Israel's disengagement from Gaza in 2005, Netiv HaAsara became the closest community in Israel to the Gaza Strip , located 400 meters away from the edge of the Palestinian town of Beit Lahiya . At the southern edge of the village, a car park was converted into an Israel Defense Forces base and tanks were deployed. An electric fence was erected to stop infiltration attempts from Gaza, and three concrete walls were built against potential Palestinian snipers. The moshav was a target of Qassam rockets , Katyusha rockets, and mortar shellings , In 2007, the Popular Resistance Committees sent two guerrillas to infiltrate the moshav, but they were killed by the IDF. Dana Galkowicz was killed on July 14, 2005 at Netiv HaAsara and on 20 on March 2010, a Thai worker was killed also . Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel . Foreign Ministry of Israel .³