Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Tel Shihan

Tel Shihan is an archaeological site in , . Tel Shihan is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include A Fortress facing Gaza and The Car Wall.

Museum
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
is a museum, which is situated 3 km north of Tel Shihan.

Memorial
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a pile of burnt cars west of in the Gaza envelope, resembling the shape of a wall. Originally, this pile was created by evacuating the burnt cars from Route 232 and other places in the Gaza envelope after the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, in general, and the massacre at the Nova Festival in particular, from where most of the cars came. is situated 3½ km east of Tel Shihan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shuva and Zimrat.

Village
is a religious moshav in southern . Located near and covering 4,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 999.

Village
is a religious moshav in southern . Located near and covering 4,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 802.

Village
Photo: נעה, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a religious kibbutz located in the northwestern desert in southern , near the . The kibbutz was founded in 1966 by members of Bnei Akiva.

Tel Shihan

Latitude
31.45° or 31° 27′ north
Longitude
34.53333° or 34° 32′ east
Open location code
8G3PFG2M+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278476883
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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In Other Languages

“Tel Shihan” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “תל שיחן”

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