Rafiah Yam

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'''Rafiah Yam''' ({{langx|he|רָפִיחַ יָם}}) was an [[Israeli settlement]] in the [[Gaza Strip]] that existed until 2005.

==History== Rafiah Yam was originally established in 1984 as a mixed [[Orthodox Judaism|orthodox]]-[[Hiloni|secular]] community in the southern end of the [[Gush Katif]] settlement bloc, only 200 metres from the Egyptian border and close to the [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] city of [[Rafah]]. The residents originally lived in caravans, but moved to permanent housing in a nearby location in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glickman |first=Uri |date=2005-07-19 |title=כאן ביתי: רפיח ים |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART/960/320.html |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=Maariv nrg |language=he}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Eyal |date=2025-07-07 |title=כן, אמרנו לכם: אריה ודתיה יצחקי חוזרים לנבואה המצמררת מההתנתקות |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/magazine/shishabat/article/15342688 |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=Israel Hayom |language=he}}</ref>

Residents of the settlement worked mainly in agriculture. Being one of the few non-[[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] settlements, the community children were bused each day to school in the nearby Eshkol region outside the [[Gaza Strip]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}

The 30 families, including at least 150 people, of Rafiah Yam were forcibly evicted from their homes by the [[Israel Defense Forces]] and [[Israeli Police]] as part of the [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]], in August 2005. Their houses and other structures were destroyed and the area was abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-08-17 |title=נווה ד��לים: הכוחות עזבו, הצעירים פרצו בריקודים |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3128954,00.html |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=ynet |language=he}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1984]] [[Category:1984 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area]] [[Category:1991 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area]] [[Category:2005 disestablishments in Palestine]]