Slav (settlement)
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Slav (שליו), (quail in Hebrew), was an Israeli settlement in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the south-west edge of the Gaza Strip, and evacuated in Israel's disengagement of 2005. The yishuv was named after the bird that the Israelites ate in the desert during the exodus from Egypt.
Slav was founded as a paramilitary Nahal settlement in 1980. In 1982, with the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty and subsequent withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, Slav became a transit camp of former residents evacuated from Sinai and temporary home to Midreshet Hadarom girl's seminary. At the beginning of the 90's, the location was divided into a military base and a residential civilial area with several families. In 2001, a small group of people including staff and students of the nearby 'Otzem' pre-military preparatory school in Bnei Atzmon moved to settle the village and strengthen its numbers.
The 12 families of Slav were evacuated on August 21, 2005 by the Israeli Police. The houses were destroyed and the area was later transferred to the Palestinians.
