Monument to the Negev Brigade

The Monument to the Negev Brigade (Hebrew: אנדרטת חטיבת הנגב, Andartat Hativat HaNegev), known locally as the Andarta, is a monument designed by Dani Karavan in memory of the members of the Palmach Negev Brigade who fell fighting on Israel's side during the 1948 Arab Israeli War.

In addition to its strengths as a memorial, it was a precursor to the land art movement.

[1] The monument was built between 1963 and 1968 at a time when Israel was making many physical memorials to those who fought and died in its wars.

[2] It is made of raw concrete consisting of eighteen separate elements covering 10,000 square meters.

The perforated tower alludes to a watchtower shelled with gunfire and the pipeline tunnel is reminiscent of the channel of water in the Negev defended by the soldiers.