Beit Shikma

Beit Shikma (Hebrew: בֵּית שִׁקְמָה, lit.

House of Sycamore) is a moshav in southern Israel.

Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council.

[1] The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants and refugees from Libya and Morocco.

Built on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of al-Jiyya,[2] it was named after the large sycamore fig trees in the area.