Negba
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| Coordinates: 31°39′39.24″N 34°40′59.16″E / 31.6609000°N 34.6831000°ECoordinates: 31°39′39.24″N 34°40′59.16″E / 31.6609000°N 34.6831000°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Yoav |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 12 July 1939 |
| Founded by | Hashomer Hatzair members |
| Population (2015) | 881 |
| Website | www.negba.org.il |
Negba (Hebrew: נֶגְבָּה) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert near the cities of Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 881.
The name of the kibbutz is based on a verse in the Book of Genesis (13:14), where God commands Abraham to cast his eyes and travel throughout the land of Israel, toward the north, south, east and west. The word "negba" means "southward" in Biblical Hebrew.
Kibbutz Negba was founded on 12 July 1939 as part of the enterprise. The first settlers were members of Hashomer Hatzair from Poland. It was the southernmost Jewish settlement in Mandatory Palestine.
In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Israeli military engaged in many battles with Egypt. When the Egyptians invaded on 15 May 1948, their forces advanced and captured the police station, Iraq-Suweidan, a Tegart fort named after the nearby Arab village, that controlled the route to the Negev. Aside from the police station, the Egyptians seized Arab villages near the kibbutz, from which they attacked Jewish vehicles travelling on the roads from Ashkelon to Hebron and Jerusalem.
The kibbutz was destroyed in the heavy fighting which went on for three months. On 9 November 1948, after the defeat of the Egyptian army in Operation Yoav, the police station was captured by the Israel Defense Forces.
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