Rafiah Yam

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The Israeli settlement of 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 city of Rafah.

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

The 30 families, including at least 150 people, of Rafiah Yam were evacuated by the Israeli Army and Israeli Police as part of the Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2005. The homes and other structures were destroyed and the area was later transferred to the Palestinians.