Yesha, Israel

{{For|the Hebrew acronym that means "Judea, Samaria and Gaza"|Yesha}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Yesha | image = Moshav Yesha emblem.jpg | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|יֵשַׁע}} |arname=ييشع | foundation = 1957 | founded_by = [[Egypt]]ian immigrants | district = south | council = [[Eshkol Regional Council|Eshkol]] | affiliation = [[Moshavim Movement]] | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Yesha}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel northwest negev#Israel | pushpin_mapsize= 250 | pushpin_label_position= |coordinates = {{coord|31|14|48|N|34|24|1|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }} '''Yesha''' ({{langx|he|יֵשַׁע}}, ''lit.'' Salvation) is an [[agriculture|agricultural]] [[moshav]] in southern Israel. Located in the [[Hevel Shalom]] area of the [[Negev]] desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Eshkol Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Yesha}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

==History== The moshav was established in 1957 by [[Jew]]s who were expelled from [[Egypt]] in the wake of the 1956 [[Suez Crisis]].<ref name=mapa>{{Cite book | publisher = Mapa Publishing | isbn = 965-7184-34-7 | editor= Yuval Elazari | title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel | location = Tel-Aviv | year = 2005 | page = 268 |language=he}}</ref> Its name is derived from the biblical passage "with the power of salvation of his [God's] right hand" ([[Psalms]] 20:6).<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.477, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}}</ref><ref>Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962, p29</ref>

Yesha has been a target of [[Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel|Palestinian rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip]], one which killed a 70-year-old woman in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title = Woman killed by Qassam in southern Israel |work = [[Ynet]] |url = http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3542439,00.html |date = May 13, 2008 |access-date = December 29, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090107120305/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3542439,00.html |archive-date = January 7, 2009 |url-status = live }}</ref>

In the [[October 7 attacks]], five of the six members of Yesha's emergency squad were killed while defending the community. These are: Lior Ben Yaakov, Gil Avital, Itai Nachmias, Tal Maban and Dan Assulin. [[Hamas]] terrorists also kidnapped and killed foreign workers from Thailand who were working in Yesha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unitedwithisrael.org/strawberry-farm-ravaged-by-october-7th-blooms-once-again/|title=Strawberries Bloom Once Again Near the Gaza Border|last=Karra|first=Yulia|date=20 March 2025|access-date=23 March 2025|website=United with Israel}}</ref>

==Economy== Uri Tutim (Uri’s Strawberries) farm was established in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uritutim.co.il/%d7%90%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%95/|title=About Us-Uri Tutim|access-date=22 March 2025|website=uritutim.co.il/}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Jewish exodus from the Muslim world]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Egyptian-Jewish culture in Israel]] [[Category:Moshavim]] [[Category:Gaza envelope]] [[Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1957]] [[Category:1957 establishments in Israel]]