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| Hebrew | עֵין הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה, עין השלושה | |
| Name meaning | Spring of the Three | |
| Founded | 1950 | |
| Founded by | South American immigrants | |
| Region | Western Negev | |
| District | South | |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement | |
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Ein HaShlosha
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Ein HaShlosha (Hebrew: עֵין הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה, lit. Spring of the Three) is a kibbutz in the western Negev desert in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council.
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The kibbutz was named named in memory of three of the founding members who were killed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and it was established during the 1950s by a Nahal group of Zionist youth from South America on lands of the former kibbutz Neve Yair (Neve Yair was established in 1949 by members of the Lehi but was abandoned in June 1950). During its first years the kibbutz suffered from bombardment of the Egyptian army.[1]
Almost adjacent to the Gaza 'border' to Khan Yunis, since the Israel-Gaza conflict began, the kibbutz has regularly been hit by Palestinian gunfire.[2] On 15 January 2008, an Ecuadorian volunteer, Carlos Mosquera, was shot and killed by a Hamas sniper while working on the kibbutz.[3]
The kibbutz is largely agricultural, relying on turkey and dairy farming. It also has a small factory that manufactures lever arch files. In March 2006 hundreds of turkeys were found dead, spreading the fears of the Bird flu virus in Israel.[4]
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