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Beit Ezra

Beit Ezra
Beit Ezra is located in Israel
Beit Ezra
Beit Ezra
Coordinates: 31°44′11.75″N 34°39′20.52″E / 31.7365972°N 34.6557000°E / 31.7365972; 34.6557000Coordinates: 31°44′11.75″N 34°39′20.52″E / 31.7365972°N 34.6557000°E / 31.7365972; 34.6557000
District Southern
Council Be'er Tuvia
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1950
Founded by Iraqi immigrants
Population (2015) 1,090

Beit Ezra (Hebrew: בֵּית עֶזְרָא‎, lit. House of Ezra) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located between Ashdod and Ashkelon on the Israeli coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,090.

The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Iraq on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Hamama and was named after Ezra. South of the moshav is Hill 69, which served as a military post and was the scene of fighting during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Also nearby is the Ad Halom bridge at which the Egyptian army was stopped during their advance towards Tel Aviv.


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