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Sufa, Israel

Kibbutz in southern Israel

Summary

Kibbutz in southern Israel

Field	Value
name	Sufa
hebname
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image	אירוע עפיפונים בקיבוץ 2020.jpg
foundation	1982
founded_by	Evacuated settlers
district	south
council	Eshkol
affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
popyear
population
population_footnotes
pushpin_map	Israel northwest negev#Israel
pushpin_mapsize	250
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website	www.sufa.org

Sufa () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .

A border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip named after the kibbutz was located nearby, but was closed permanently by Israel in 2008.

Kibbutz

The kibbutz was founded in 1982 by former residents of Sufa, an Israeli settlement in Sinai which was evacuated as part of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Its name is derived from the severe dust storms which occurred in the original settlement. To the north of the kibbutz, where Nirim was between the years 1946–1949, lies the memorial site "Dangur", commemorating the casualties of the Egyptian attack on Nirim and a memorial for the eight fallen soldiers.{{Cite book

Sufa was one of the Israeli villages briefly under Hamas control at the start of the Gaza war, with three residents killed. A women's tank platoon of the Caracal Battalion was crucial for recapturing the kibbutz.

Border crossing

The Sufa border crossing was used by Palestinians working on Israeli farms. During the Second Intifada (2000–2005), the border crossing and the military base next to it were subject to several Palestinian attacks, and the crossing was intermittently closed.{{Cite conference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013101321/http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ochaSR_GazaAccess_Jan06.pdf |archive-date=2009-10-13 |access-date = April 29, 2019

In May 2008 the crossing was once again closed following a mortar attack which wounded an IDF soldier.{{Cite news

References

(2022-07-03). "Entrance of goods to Gaza via Kerem Shalom".
(7 October 2023). "Seven communities under Hamas control: report".
(13 October 2023). "שישה תושבים מול עשרות מחבלים: גיבורי הקרב בקיבוץ סופה משחזרים".
(26 November 2023). "Female IDF tank crews ran down dozens of Hamas terrorists on October 7".

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