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Wadi Gaza (Arabic: وادي غزة, romanized: Wadi Ghazza) and Besor Stream (Hebrew: נחל הבשור, romanized: Nahal HaBesor) are parts of a river system in the Gaza Strip and Negev region of Palestine and Israel. Wadi Gaza is a wadi (river valley) that divides the northern and southern ends of the Gaza Strip, its major tributary is
Research published in 2012 confirmed the existence of Pleistocene loess in Wadi Gaza (The Besor), which has a large watershed covering the Northern Negev Desert, the Hebron Mountains and the Gaza Strip—where it discharges into the Mediterranean Sea.
The Besor stream (Nahal HaBesor) and nearby streams, with the Bronze and Early Iron Age sites and modern towns of the area. The Brook of Egypt (Hebrew: נַחַל מִצְרַיִם, romanized: naḥal mitzrayim, lit. 'wadi of Egypt' [1]) is a wadi identified in the Hebrew Bible as forming the southernmost border of the Land of Israel. [2]
The Hebron River or Stream, in Hebrew Nahal Hevron, in Arabic Wadi al-Samen and Wadi al-Khalil, [1] is a stream that flows along the border between Judea and the Negev. The source of the Hebron River is the city of Hebron, which is mostly in the Palestinian Authority. The stream is part of the basin of the Besor Stream.
The conflict in Gaza has created unprecedented soil, water and air pollution in the region, destroying sanitation systems and leaving tons of debris from explosive devices, a United Nations report ...
U.N. officials in Gaza "were informed by their liaison officers in the Israeli military that the entire population of Gaza north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern Gaza within the next 24 hours.
Israel repeatedly told residents of northern Gaza to move south of Wadi Gaza – the wetlands that roughly split the territory – for their safety. Khan Younis is located south of that line.
The route of Wadi Gaza across the Gaza Strip is about 9 km of the total length of 105 km. The route has eight major changes in its track within the Gaza Strip. Its width within Gaza varies between 20 and 270m, the widest place is by the mouth located approximately at 31°27′51″N 34°22′34″E / 31.464057°N 34.376179°E / 31. ...