Located near Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council.

[2] Or HaNer was established between 1955 and 1957 as a farm run by the Yitzur u-Pitu'ah company.

The founders were from the gar'in of the Gordoniya, Dror and HeHalutz movements, most of whom were immigrants from Argentina and Chile.

[3] A burial cave dating from the 4th century CE was found here along with a Greek funerary inscription.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon Jr. visited the kibbutz and received a tour of the kibbutz's Ornit factory,[5] which manufactures blind rivets.