Be'er Ora (Hebrew: בְּאֵר אוֹרָה) is a community settlement 19 kilometers north of Eilat in the far south of Israel.
[1] Before the settlement was founded, Be'er Ora was previously the site of an Israeli army base.
In 1968, Be'er Ora was the site of the bombing of a school bus carrying Israeli high school students, an incident that led to Israeli Defense Forces retaliating against a Palestine Liberation Organization base in neighboring Jordan in the Battle of Karameh.
Previously there was a Gadna army base, also called Be'er Ora, in that location.
[citation needed] In 2004, the government decided to move the activity of Eilat Airport to a then empty area near Be'er Ora.