Gadid
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Gadid (גדיד) was an Israeli settlement located in the middle of the Gush Katif settlement bloc and evacuated in Israel's 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.
Gadid was founded in 1982 as an Orthodox moshav, by a group of 22 families, mostly new immigrants from France as well as families from the Bnei Akiva Mizrachi youth group. Most residents earned their living from hothouse crops such as leafy vegetables, tomatoes, flowers and herbs. A unique characteristic of Gadid in Gush Katif was that each family had its agricultural land adjacent to the home. The village also had 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.
The residents of Gadid was forceably evicted from their homes on August 19, 2005 by the Israeli Army and Israeli Police and their homes raised soonafter. On the day of its evacuation, it was home to about sixty families including over 310 people.
