Located in the northwestern part of the Negev desert close to the border with the Gaza Strip and near the development towns of Sderot and Netivot, it is under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council.

[2][3] Rutenberg's funeral was attended by Moshe Dayan,[4] then Chief of Staff, who gave a widely acclaimed eulogy which called upon Israel to search its soul and probe the national mindset.

[citation needed] On 22 August 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, four-year-old resident of the kibbutz Daniel Tregerman was killed by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip.

[19][20] Arson and vandalism carried out by Hamas terrorists left a significant number of homes destroyed or uninhabitable, leading to the displacement of the residents of the kibbutz.

Past sources of income include a metal works factory that produced industrial-sized ratchet bits and a high tech firm, OzVision, that links security cameras to the Web.