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. The regional council’s territory lies midway between Ashkelon and Beersheba, bounded on the west by the Gaza Strip. Due to its proximity to the Gaza Strip, and the fact that it has the longest common border with them out of all of the regions in the Gaza Envelope, the region has experienced numerous sporadic waves of violence, primarily as a result of rocket attacks, mortar strikes, and fires caused by incendiary kites and balloons launched by terrorists from Gaza Strip. These waves of violence often result in widespread damage to farms and structures within the region.
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