Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War

Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War is a battlefield in , . Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War is situated nearby to the battlefield , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nova Festival Victims Memorial and Tel Gamma.

Memorial
Photo: היידן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
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. is situated 2½ km southwest of Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War.

Water tower
Photo: Elians, GFDL.
is situated 3½ km north of Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Re’im and Be’eri.

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 in the north-western desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Be'eri is a kibbutz in southern . Located in the north-western desert near the eastern border with the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. is situated 3½ km northeast of Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War.

Village
Photo: Assafn, CC BY 2.5.
is a religious moshav in southern . Located approximately six kilometres west of and covering 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 747. is situated 6 km northeast of Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War.

Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War

Latitude
31.39816° or 31° 23′ 53″ north
Longitude
34.47006° or 34° 28′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G3P9FXC+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13333319338
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­battlefield
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In Other Languages

“Site of the beginning of Iron Sword War” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “אתר תחילת מלחמת חרבות ברזל”

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