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The population consisted of about 520 families (2,600 people), mainly Orthodox Jews. It was the largest Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip and a commercial centre for the region.[2] The industrial zone of Gush Katif was located in Neve Dekalim.[citation needed]
The evacuation of Neve Dekalim began on 15 August, as part of the Israeli disengagement plan, and was completed on 18 August.[5] The residents were given 48 hours to leave. Those who refused to leave voluntarily barricaded themselves in the settlement's synagogue, but were forcibly removed by the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Police.[6]
Girls' school in Neve Dekalim, 2005
The homes were bulldozed by Israel after the residents were evacuated, leaving only the greenhouses, which were part of a transaction in which private American citizens bought them for the Palestinians.[citation needed] Despite the presence of Palestinian security guards, dozens of these greenhouses were looted by Palestinian residents.[7]
Marching through the abandoned town in a "victory parade," Hamas gunmen fired in the air and trampled an Israeli flag.[8]
It was the largest Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip.[citation needed] Signs posted in Arabic state that it is a "closed military zone." Mahmoud al-Zahar, chief of Hamas, said that Hamas planned to launch attacks that would drive Jews out of the West Bank and from the entire Jewish state.[citation needed]
In 2010, the site of Neve Dekalim was mostly sand and rubble, with Palestinian trucks removing the last remnants of Israeli homes for use as construction material.[9] In Israel, former residents of the settlement established a new village, Bnei Dekalim.
In popular culture
Neve Dekalim is featured in the movie Disengagement by Amos Gitai. Grains Of Sand: The Fall Of Neve Dekalim by Shifra Shomron, a former resident of Neve Dekalim, is a semi-autobiographical novel about an Israeli family evacuated from Gush Katif.[10]
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