{{Short description|Former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip}} {{Pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Infobox Kibbutz |settlement_type=Former [[Israeli settlement]] |pushpin_map=Israel gaza |pushpin_mapsize= 250 |pushpin_label_position= |coordinates = {{coord|31|18|30|N|34|17|17|E|display=inline,title}} |name= Morag |image= Gush Katif-Morag01.jpg |caption= Hothouses in Morag |imgsize= 250 |hebname={{Script/Hebrew|מוֹרַג}} |arname= |stdHeb= |altOffSp= |altUnoSp= |meaning= Flail |foundation= 1983 |founded_by= |district= |council= |affiliation= [[HaPoel HaMizrahi]] |population= |popyear= |area_dunam= |website= |country= }}
'''Morag''' ({{langx|he|מוֹרַג||Flail}}) was an [[Israeli settlement]] organized as a [[moshav]] in the [[Gush Katif]] settlement bloc. in the south-west edge of the [[Gaza Strip]]. It was evacuated as part of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]] of 2005.
==History== Morag was the southernmost settlement in [[Gush Katif]]. It was first established on 29 May 1972, as a secular pioneer [[Nahal]] military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1982.<ref name=ut>{{cite news |author=Andrea Stone |title=Evictions and emotions on tense day in Gaza |url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-08-15-gaza-monday_x.htm |date= 15 August 2009 |publisher=USA Today |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref> It later became a religious agricultural [[worker cooperative]], whose residents earned their living growing flowers and vegetables in hothouses.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} At the time of the evacuation, there were about forty families including about 200 people.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
==Unilateral disengagement== [[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - The Evacuation of Morag (6).jpg|left|thumb|200px|IDF and police personnel evacuating Morag residents]] Sixteen families of Morag were evicted on August 17, 2005, by the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) and [[Israeli Police]]. Others had left earlier following the government orders.<ref name=ut/><ref>{{cite web |author=Mike Tobin |author2=Jennifer Griffin |title=Israeli Troops Forcibly Remove Gaza Settlers |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165951,00.html |date=17 August 2005 |publisher= Fox News |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref>
==Palestinian plans== On the ruins of the former village, a Palestinian locality has been announced called [[Sheikh Khalifa City]].<ref name=ap>{{Cite news | agency = Associated Press | title = Palestinians launch new housing project where Gush Katif's Morag once stood | work = Haaretz | accessdate=2014-01-14 | date = 2005-10-09 | url = https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/palestinians-launch-new-housing-project-where-gush-katif-s-morag-once-stood-1.171537 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121022175924/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/palestinians-launch-new-housing-project-where-gush-katif-s-morag-once-stood-1.171537 | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 22, 2012 }}</ref> The site is named after [[United Arab Emirates]] President [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan]] due to his funding of the project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uaeinteract.com/government/development_aid.asp |title=Watch Series/Episodes Online for Free |access-date=2014-08-21 |archive-date=2019-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105185506/http://www.uaeinteract.com/government/development_aid.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Gaza War== On 2 April 2025, Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] announced the creation of the [[Morag Corridor]] on the site of this settlement, following the resumption of [[March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip|combat between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip]] after the breakdown of the [[January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire|ceasefire implemented in January 2025]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2025 |title=Israel’s Netanyahu announces new ‘Morag’ security corridor across Gaza |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250402-live-israel-seize-large-areas-gaza-strip-palestine-hamas-netanyahu-war |access-date=4 April 2025 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Commons category|Morag}} {{Reflist}}
{{Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip}} {{Authority control}}
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