[3] Kibbutz Eilot was begun by a group of 15 young people who descended to Eilat on June 16, 1955, on the advice of Yitzhak Tabenkin, who believed that kibbutzim should be established throughout Israel.

[4] The descent to Eilat was contrary to the views held by the government and the Jewish Agency at that time.

The members settled in the three huts of Umm Rashresh, on the shore of the Red Sea, and engaged in agriculture in preparation for the establishment of a permanent settlement.

[5] In 1959, it was decided to establish the permanent location of the kibbutz in Nahal Roded, on the site of a former Arab village and where fertile lands were found.

The kibbutz also had a commercial fishing operation for a time, and set up a dairy farm and chicken runs.