Horbot Gerarit
Horbot Gerarit is a ruins in Southern District, Israel. Horbot Gerarit is situated near the archaeological site Byzantine church, mosaic, as well as near the village Re’im.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Tel Gamma and Nova Festival Victims Memorial.
Tel Gamma
Ruins
Tell Jemmeh or Tell Gemmeh, also known in Hebrew as Tel Gamma or Tel Re'im, is a prominent mound, or tell, located in the region of the northwestern Negev and the southern coastal plain of Israel, about 12 km south of Gaza, bounded by the kibbutz of Re'im 2 km to the east, and the kibbutz of Kisufim 6 km to the west, and is 9 km east of the Mediterranean coast. Tel Gamma is situated 3 km south of Horbot Gerarit.
Nova Festival Victims Memorial
Memorial
The Nova Festival Victims Memorial 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 Re'im in the Southern District of Israel, where the festival took place on October 6–7, 2023. Nova Festival Victims Memorial is situated 3½ km southeast of Horbot Gerarit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Re’im and Bureij.
Re’im
Village
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 Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. Re’im is situated 4 km southeast of Horbot Gerarit.
Bureij
Suburb
Bureij is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the central Gaza Strip east of the Salah al-Din Road in the Deir al-Balah Governorate. The camp's total land area is 529 dunums and in 2017, it had a population of 28,024 with 28,770 registered refugees. Bureij is situated 4½ km northwest of Horbot Gerarit.
Be’eri
Village
Be'eri is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert near the eastern border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. Be’eri is situated 5 km east of Horbot Gerarit.
Horbot Gerarit
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.41583° or 31° 24′ 57″ north
Longitude
34.44028° or 34° 26′ 25″ east
Open location code
8G3PCC8R+84
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Horbot Gerarit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة جراريت”
- Hebrew: “חורבת גררית”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Byzantine church, mosaic and Khirbat al-Kutshan.
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