Nirim
Nirim
נִירִים نيريم | |
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Coordinates: 31°20′6″N 34°23′45″E / 31.33500°N 34.39583°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Southern |
Council | Eshkol |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Founded | 6 October 1946 |
Founded by | Hashomer Hatzair members |
Area | 22,000 dunams (22 km2 or 8 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | 416 |
• Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
Website | www.nirim.co.il |
Nirim (Hebrew: נִירִים, lit. plowed fields) is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev in Israel. Located near the border with the Gaza Strip, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Khan Yunis, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council.[2] In 2022 it had a population of 416.[1]
History
The kibbutz was established in October 1946 as part of the
At the outbreak of the
Nirim remained an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) outpost against the Egyptian army throughout the war.
On 12 August 1949, the IDF troop at Nirim caught an Arab man and a 10-15 year old Bedouin girl. They shot the man, and, following a vote, gang-raped the girl before they killed her and buried her in a shallow grave.
Twenty soldiers who took part in the episode, including the platoon commander, were court-martialed and sent to prison, nineteen of whom were given light sentences of up to four years. The Israeli appeal court later reduced the sentences of most of the soldiers by half, saying: "At the time there was a general feeling of contempt for the life of Arabs ... and sometimes wanton events occurred in this sphere. All this helped create an atmosphere of 'anything goes'. The murder, rape and trial were then treated as a state secret in order to avoid embarrassment. [5]
After the war, the IDF wanted the site because of its strategic location, while the kibbutzniks wanted to move north, to the line of 200 millimeters of rain a year, so the kibbutz moved some 12 kilometers northeast to its present location,[
Since 2000, Nirim has been hit by
October 2023 Hamas-led attack
Nirim was one of the Israeli villages attacked by Hamas forces in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. At least five people were killed in the attack and many were injured.[6] Some members of the kibbutz were kidnapped to Gaza. About seven hours after the forces entered the kibbutz, IDF soldiers killed nine Hamas fighters that were still there.[7] The forces inflicted significant damage upon the kibbutz. In response, a crowdfunding initiative was initiated to support the kibbutz's restoration, amassing over half a million shekels within just a few days.[8]
Economy
Nirim produces
References
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- ^ Esther Zandberg (2012-12-13). "Israel Prize Laureate for Architecture, Dan Zur, Dies at 86". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
- ^ a b c Lavie, Aviv; Moshe Gorali (2003-10-29). "'I saw fit to remove her from the world'". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Darwish, Muhammad; Robertson, Nic; Moshtaghian, Artemis; Tal, Amir; Kottasová, Ivana (2023-10-11). "Children found 'butchered' in Israeli kibbutz, IDF says, as defense of Hamas' attacks near border begins to emerge". CNN. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "9 Hamas terrorists killed in the southern town of Nirim, near Gaza". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "לחצו כאן כדי לתמוך בקמפיין עזרה לתושבי קיבוץ נירים ששרדו את התופת ממתקפת החמאס" [The campaign helped the residents of the Nirim kibbutz who survived the inferno from the Hamas attack]. my.israelgives.org (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ Barshkovsky, Anat (2005-09-11). "Kibbutz: No deal reached for using our land". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2009-04-24.