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{{Short description|Former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip}}
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'''Gadid''' ({{langx|he|גָּדִיד}}) was an [[Israeli settlement]] and [[Moshav]] located in the middle of the [[Gush Katif]] settlement bloc whose residents were expelled in Israel's [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|disengagement]] of 2005. The origin of the name Gadid comes from the term used in the [[bible]] to describe the harvest of dates in the area.

==History==
Gadid was founded in 1982 as an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[moshav]] by a group of 22 families, mostly new immigrants from [[History of the Jews in France|France]], as well as families from the [[Bnei Akiva]] [[Mizrachi (religious Zionism)|Mizrachi]] youth group. Most residents earned their living from [[greenhouse|hothouse]] crops such as [[leafy vegetable]]s, [[tomato]]es, flowers, and herbs. A unique characteristic of Gadid was that each family's agricultural land was adjacent to its home. The village also housed an absorption center (built in 1999) for new immigrants from France. A cottage industry for herbal remedies was one of the most prominent local initiatives and operated by the Barbei family.

==Unilateral disengagement==
The residents of Gadid was forcibly evicted from their homes on August 19, 2005, by the [[Israeli Army]] and [[Israeli Police]], and their homes were razed soon after. On the day of its residents' expulsion it was home to about sixty families, including over 310 people.

== External links ==
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* [http://www.gadid.co.il/eng/location.htm Official web site]

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[[Category:Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1982]]
[[Category:Former moshavim]]
[[Category:Religious Israeli settlements]]
[[Category:Villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate]]
[[Category:2005 disestablishments in Palestine]]
[[Category:French-Jewish culture in Israel]]
[[Category:Orthodox Judaism in Israel]]