Beit Ezra

Beit Ezra

Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Beit Ezra
foundation = 1950
founded_by = Iraqi immigrants
region = Central Israel
council = Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
industry = Agriculture
affiliation = Moshavim Movement
website =

Beit Ezra ( _he. בֵּית עֶזְרָא, "lit." House of Ezra) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Ashdod and Ashkelon on the Israeli coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 962.

The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Iraq on the ruins of Hamama and was named after Ezra.Cite book
publisher = Mapa Publishing
isbn = 9657184347
pages = p. 75
others = Yuval Elʻazari (ed.)
title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel
location = Tel-Aviv
date = 2005
he icon] South of the moshav is Hill 69, which served as a military post and was the scene of fighting during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Also nearby is the Ad Halom bridge at which the Egyptian army was stopped during their advance towards Tel Aviv.

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