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'''Slav''' ({{langx|he|שְׂלָו||[[quail]]}}) was an [[Israeli settlement]] in the [[Gush Katif]] settlement bloc, located in the south-west edge of the [[Gaza Strip]] that existed until 2005.
==History== Slav was founded as a paramilitary [[Nahal]] settlement in 1980. The settlement was named after the bird that the [[Israelites]] ate in the desert during [[the Exodus]] from [[Egypt]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2005-08-11 |title=כאן ביתי: שליו |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART/969/940.html |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=Maariv nrg |language=he}}</ref>
In 1982, with the signing of the [[Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty]] and subsequent withdrawal from the [[Sinai Peninsula]], Slav became a transit camp of former residents evicted from Sinai and temporary home to the Midreshet Hadarom girls' seminary. At the beginning of the 90's, the location was divided into a military base and a residential civilian area with several families. In 2001, a small group of people including staff and students of the nearby 'Otzem' pre-military preparatory school in [[Bnei Atzmon]] moved to settle the village and strengthen its numbers.<ref name=":0" />
The residents of Slav were evicted by the [[Israel Defense Forces]] on 20 August 2005, as part of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-08-20 |title=הושלם פינוי גוש קטיף |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART/973/998.html |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=Maariv nrg |language=he}}</ref> The houses were destroyed by 24 August and the area was abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bohbot |first=Amir |last2=Henig |first2=Michal |last3=Bengel |first3=Mia |date=2005-08-24 |title=הרס הבתים בעיצומו: 10 יישובים נמחקו |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART/975/373.html |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=Maariv nrg |language=he}}</ref>
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{{Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1980]] [[Category:Religious Israeli settlements]] [[Category:Nahal settlements]] [[Category:Villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict]]