Eshkol Regional Council

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Eshkol Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית אשכול, Mo'atza Ezorit Eshkol) is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. Located within the zone known as the Gaza envelope, the regional council's territory is situated east of the Gaza Strip, stretching in the area between Ashkelon to the north and Beersheba to the east. Due to its direct proximity to the Gaza Strip, the region has been the target of thousands of rocket attacks, mortar strikes, and incendiary balloon fires since 2000. The council area served as a primary locale of the 2023 October 7 attacks, bearing the brunt of a massive, coordinated invasion by thousands of Hamas militants that included multiple devastating assaults within its territory, such as the Nova music festival massacre, the Nir Oz attack, and the Be'eri massacre.

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