# Rafiah Yam

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rafiah_Yam
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rafiah_Yam.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiah_Yam
> Source revision: 1335117539
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Hebrew. (August 2025) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Hebrew Wikipedia article at [[:he:רפיח ים]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|he|רפיח ים}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Former Israeli settlement

Rafiah Yam רָפִיחַ יָם‎ (Hebrew) Former Israeli settlement Rafiah Yam Coordinates: 31°19′0″N 34°13′44″E / 31.31667°N 34.22889°E / 31.31667; 34.22889 Founded 1984, 1991 (latest location)

**Rafiah Yam** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): רָפִיחַ יָם) was an [Israeli settlement](/source/Israeli_settlement) in the [Gaza Strip](/source/Gaza_Strip) that existed until 2005.

## History

Rafiah Yam was originally established in 1984 as a mixed [orthodox](/source/Orthodox_Judaism)-[secular](/source/Hiloni) community in the southern end of the [Gush Katif](/source/Gush_Katif) settlement bloc, only 200 metres from the Egyptian border and close to the [Palestinian](/source/Palestinian_territories) city of [Rafah](/source/Rafah). The residents originally lived in caravans, but moved to permanent housing in a nearby location in 1991.[1][2]

Residents of the settlement worked mainly in agriculture. Being one of the few non-[Orthodox](/source/Orthodox_Judaism) settlements, the community children were bused each day to school in the nearby Eshkol region outside the [Gaza Strip](/source/Gaza_Strip).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The 30 families, including at least 150 people, of Rafiah Yam were forcibly evicted from their homes by the [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) and [Israeli Police](/source/Israeli_Police) as part of the [Israel's unilateral disengagement plan](/source/Israel's_unilateral_disengagement_plan), in August 2005. Their houses and other structures were destroyed and the area was abandoned.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Glickman, Uri (2005-07-19). ["כאן ביתי: רפיח ים"](https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART/960/320.html). *Maariv nrg* (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-08-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Levy, Eyal (2025-07-07). ["כן, אמרנו לכם: אריה ודתיה יצחקי חוזרים לנבואה המצמררת מההתנתקות"](https://www.israelhayom.co.il/magazine/shishabat/article/15342688). *Israel Hayom* (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-08-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["נווה דקלים: הכוחות עזבו, הצעירים פרצו בריקודים"](https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3128954,00.html). *ynet* (in Hebrew). 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2025-08-08.

v t e Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip (Hof Aza Regional Council) Gush Katif Bedolah Bnei Atzmon Gadid Gan Or Ganei Tal Katif Kerem Atzmona Kfar Darom Kfar Yam Morag Netzer Hazani Neve Dekalim Pe'at Sadeh Rafiah Yam Shirat HaYam Slav Tel Katifa Other Dugit Elei Sinai Nisanit Netzarim

Authority control databases: National Israel

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rafiah Yam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiah_Yam) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiah_Yam?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.