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'''Katif''' ({{langx|he|קָטִיף}}) was an [[Israeli settlement]] in the [[Gush Katif]] bloc in the [[Gaza Strip]], about 1 km north of the [[Palestinian refugee camp]] of [[Deir al-Balah Camp]].
==History== Katif was founded as a [[moshav]] in 1977 by [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews]].<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=1977-08-11 |title=יישוב של עולים דתיים מארה'{{'}}ב יוקם ברצועה |url= https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dav/1977/08/24/01/article/107?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A3+%28%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%91%29%22&utm_content=itonut|website=דבר |location=תל אביב |publisher=דבר |access-date=2025-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1977-08-24 |title=מערך התיישבותי בין עזה לאל-עריש|url= https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dav/1977/08/24/01/article/107?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A3+%28%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%91%29%22&utm_content=itonut|newspaper=דבר |location=תל אביב |page=8 |access-date=2025-08-08 |via=הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל}}</ref> The name is derived from the [[archeology|archeological site]] nearby, [[Tel Katifa]].
Katif was founded as a paramilitary [[Nahal]] settlement in 1973, and handed over to civilians in 1977. Some 70 families, or 330 people, including 220 children, lived in the moshav. A religious elementary school and a high school located there served many of the other settlements in the region. The economy was based on a [[plastics]] factory, a [[textile|fabric]] factory, and agriculture, including a nursery and a dairy farm.<ref>{{cite news |last=מנור |first=הדס |date=2004-05-12 |title=השר אולמרט מוביל התנתקות - ומשרדו תומך בגוש קטיף |url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=795864 |newspaper=גלובס |location=תל אביב |access-date=2025-08-08}}</ref>
Like all the Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, Katif was evacuated as part of the [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|unilateral disengagement plan]], decided on by the [[Israel]]i government in 2004.
After their eviction, most of the families (forty-five) chose to move to a temporary refugee camp adjacent to [[Amatzia, Israel|Amatzia]], a previously non-religious moshav of thirty-five families, and start planning their permanent settlement in the area.
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{{Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip]] [[Category:Former moshavim]] [[Category:Religious Israeli settlements]] [[Category:Nahal settlements]] [[Category:Villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict]] [[Category:1973 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate]] [[Category:2005 disestablishments in Palestine]]