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{{Short description|Former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip}}
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'''Rafiah Yam''' ({{langx|he|רָפִיחַ יָם}}) was an [[Israeli settlement]] in the [[Gaza Strip]] that existed until 2005.

==History==
Rafiah Yam was originally established in 1984 as a [[secular]] community in the southern end of the [[Gush Katif]] settlement bloc, only 200 metres from the Egyptian border and close to the [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] city of [[Rafah]].

Residents of the settlement worked mainly in agriculture. Being one of the few non-[[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] settlements, the community children were bused each day to school in the nearby Eshkol region outside the [[Gaza Strip]].

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

{{Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip}}
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[[Category:Former Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1984]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in the Israeli Civil Administration area]]
[[Category:2005 disestablishments in Palestine]]