Wadi Gaza
Wadi Gaza and Besor Stream are parts of a river system in the Gaza Strip in Palestine and the Negev region of Israel. Wadi Gaza is a wadi that divides the northern and southern ends of the Gaza Strip, whose major tributary is Besor Stream.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Wadi
- Description: Wadi in southern Israel and Palestine
- Also known as: “Besor River” and “Naẖal Besor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ben Gurion’s Desert Home.
Ben Gurion’s Desert Home
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ben-Gurion's hut was the retirement home of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula from 1953 until Ben-Gurion's death in 1973. The "hut", located on kibbutz Sde Boker, was preserved exactly as it was left by Ben-Gurion and now serves as a museum with a visitor center operated by the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute. Ben Gurion’s Desert Home is situated 3½ km southeast of Wadi Gaza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sde Boker and Midreshet Ben-Gurion.
Sde Boker
Photo: Tamuz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sde Boker is a kibbutz in the central Negev, most famous for being the past residence of the first prime minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, who moved there after he left his office in order to live his ideals of settling the Negev.
Midreshet Ben-Gurion
Village
Photo: Yoavd, Public domain.
Midreshet Ben-Gurion, also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is a community settlement and an educational center in southern Israel. Located in the Negev next to kibbutz Sde Boker, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. Midreshet Ben-Gurion is situated 4½ km southeast of Wadi Gaza.
Merhav Am
Village
Merhav Am is a religious community settlement in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert between Yeruham and the kibbutz of Sde Boker, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 641. Merhav Am is situated 7 km east of Wadi Gaza.
Wadi Gaza
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Wadi Gaza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي غزة”
- Basque: “Besor”
- Catalan: “Bessor”
- Catalan: “Nahal Besor”
- Cebuano: “Naẖal Besor”
- Chinese: “加沙干河”
- Chinese: “加沙河”
- Chuvash: “Бесор”
- Czech: “Nachal Besor”
- Czech: “Nachal ha-Besor”
- Czech: “Nahal Besor”
- Danish: “HaBesor”
- Finnish: “Wadi Gaza”
- French: “Bésor”
- French: “Wadi Gaza”
- Galician: “río Bessor”
- German: “Besor”
- German: “HaBesor”
- German: “Naẖal Besor”
- German: “Wadi Gaza”
- Greek: “Βεσόρ”
- Hebrew: “נחל בשור”
- Hebrew: “נחל הבשור”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Besor”
- Japanese: “ベソルのワジ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wadi Gaza”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “HaBesorelva”
- Norwegian: “Wadi Gaza”
- Russian: “Бесор”
- Spanish: “Rio Habesor”
- Spanish: “Río Habesor”
- Turkish: “Gazze Vadisi”
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