Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Nahal Gerar

Nahal Gerar, also Nachal Grar is a in , in the desert. Its Arabic name is Wadi esh-Sheri'a. Along this wadi, there are several important ancient Bronze Age archaeological sites.
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  • Type: Wadi
  • Description: Wadi in Israel
  • Also known as: “Gera”, “Naẖal Gerar”, “Sharī‘a”, “Wādi esh Sharī‘a”, “Wādi esh Sherī‘a”, “Wadi esh-Sheri’a”, and “Wady el Sharia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Gamma and Nova Festival Victims Memorial.

Ruins
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Tell Jemmeh or Tell Gemmeh, also known in Hebrew as or Tel Re'im, is a prominent mound, or tell, located in the region of the northwestern and the southern of , about 12 km south of , bounded by the kibbutz of 2 km to the east, and the kibbutz of Kisufim 6 km to the west, and is 9 km east of the Mediterranean coast.

Memorial
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The is a monument commemorating the victims of the Nova music festival massacre during the October 7 attacks. It is located in the Re'im parking lot near in the of , where the festival took place on October 6–7, 2023. is situated 3 km east of Nahal Gerar.

Military installation
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is a military installation, which is situated 4 km south of Nahal Gerar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Re’im and Kissufim.

Village
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Re'im is a secular kibbutz in southern Israel, and one of the Gaza vicinity villages. Located at the confluence of Besor Stream and Gerar Stream in the north-western desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. is situated 2½ km southeast of Nahal Gerar.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the northwestern desert in . Located adjacent to the at an altitude of 92 m above sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 343. is situated 4½ km southwest of Nahal Gerar.

Suburb
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is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the central east of the Salah al-Din Road in the . The camp's total land area is 529 dunums and in 2017, it had a population of 28,024 with 28,770 registered refugees. is situated 5 km northwest of Nahal Gerar.

Nahal Gerar

Latitude
31.39834° or 31° 23′ 54″ north
Longitude
34.43683° or 34° 26′ 13″ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
8G3P9CXP+8P
Geo­Names ID
295049
Wiki­data ID
Q2909980
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Nahal Gerar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شلاله”
  • Arabic: “وادى الشريعه...فلسطين”
  • Arabic: “وادي الشريعة”
  • Cebuano: “Naẖal Gerar”
  • Czech: “Nachal Gerar”
  • Czech: “Nachal Grar”
  • Czech: “Nahal Gerar”
  • Czech: “Nahal Grar”
  • French: “Gerar”
  • French: “Guérar”
  • French: “Nahal Gerar”
  • German: “Nahal Gerar”
  • German: “Wadi Gerar”
  • Hebrew: “Naẖal Gerar”
  • Hebrew: “נחל גרר”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nahal Gerar”
  • Norwegian: “Nahal Gerar”
  • Portuguese: “Nachal Grar”
  • Portuguese: “Nahal Gerar”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Gerar”
  • Russian: “Герар (река)”
  • Russian: “Герар”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nakhābīr and Be’eri.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Khirbat al-Kutshan and Tell Jemmeh.

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