Gan Or

{{Short description|Former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Multiple issues| {{expand Russian|topic=geo|date=December 2023}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2014}} }} {{Infobox Kibbutz |settlement_type=Former [[Israeli settlement]] |pushpin_map=Israel gaza |pushpin_mapsize= 250 |pushpin_label_position= |coordinates = {{coord|31|20|12|N|34|15|34|E|display=inline,title}} |name= Gan Or |image= |caption= |imgsize= |hebname={{Script/Hebrew|גַּן אוֹר}} |arname= |stdHeb= |altOffSp= |altUnoSp= |meaning= Garden of Light |foundation= 1983 |founded_by= Graduates of [[Bnei Akiva]] and [[hesder]] yeshivas |district= |council= |affiliation=[[HaPoel HaMizrahi]] |population= |popyear= |area_dunam= |website= |country= }}

'''Gan Or''' ({{langx|he|גַּן אוֹר}}, ''lit.'' Garden of Light) was an [[Israeli settlement]] located in the [[Gush Katif]] settlement bloc and evacuated in Israel's [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|disengagement]] of 2005. On the day of its evacuation 52 families, over 320 people, lived there.

==History== Gan Or was founded in 1980 as an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[moshav]] by a group of former members of the [[Bnei Akiva]] [[Mizrahi Jews|Mizrahi]] youth group and the [[Hesder]] [[yeshiva]] program at [[Netzarim (settlement)|Netzarim]] and moved to its current location in 1983.<ref name="mapa">{{Cite book | publisher = Mapa Publishing | isbn = 965-7184-34-7 | page = 117 |editor-first=Yuval |editor-last=El'azari | title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel | location = Tel-Aviv | date = 2005 |language=he}}</ref> Prior to evacuation, the community, over 50 families, had built a synagogue and adjacent events hall. Most residents earned their living from cultivating vegetables and leafy greens in greenhouses.<ref>{{Cite news |last=אחרונות |first=ידיעות |date=1997-07-07 |title=רמאות אורגנית בגוש קטיף |url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=67624 |access-date=2026-04-28 |work=Globes}}</ref> The community operated kindergartens and daycare centers. School-age children studied in [[Neve Dekalim]] at the regional “Ne’ot Katif” school. The Tohar Girls College, which was founded in 2000 and offered combined religious studies and academic courses at the [[Open University]] and at [[Bar-Ilan University]]'s campus at nearby [[Ashkelon]], has been relocated.<ref name=mfa>{{Cite web | title = Paying the Price for Peace | work = Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs | accessdate = 2009-04-04 | date = 2005-07-28 | url = http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2005/Paying%20the%20Price%20for%20Peace%20-%20July%202005 }}</ref> [[File:Sender-ganor02.jpg|alt=Gan Or Synagogue |thumb|Gan Or Synagogue ]]

==Unilateral disengagement== Gan Or was officially evacuated on August 18, 2005 by the [[Israeli Army]] and [[Israeli Police]], though most of the residents had left earlier. A majority of the families moved to the temporary refuge of [[Nitzan]] to which several hundred evacuated families from [[Gush Katif]] were relocated.

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[[Category:Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1983]] [[Category:Former moshavim]] [[Category:Religious Israeli settlements]] [[Category:Villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict]] [[Category:1983 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area]]