Yad Natan
Moshav in southern Israel
title: "Yad Natan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["moshavim", "lakhish-regional-council", "populated-places-established-in-1953", "populated-places-in-southern-district-(israel)", "1953-establishments-in-israel", "hungarian-jewish-culture-in-israel"] description: "Moshav in southern Israel" topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yad_Natan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Moshav in southern Israel ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Israel village"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Yad Natan |
| image | Yad Natan Aerial View.jpg |
| hebname | |
| arname | ياد ناتان |
| meaning | Natan Memorial |
| founded | 1953 |
| founded_by | HaNoar HaTzioni |
| district | south |
| council | Lakhish |
| affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel ashkelon |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
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Yad Natan (, lit. Memorial for Natan) is a moshav in southern Israel in Hevel Lakhish, near the town of Kiryat Gat. It is part of the Lakhish Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Moshav Yad Natan was founded in 1953 by Jewish immigrants from the Hungarian youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni who survived the Holocaust. It was named after Ottó Komoly (Natan Kohn), a leader of the Zionist movement in Hungary.
Yad Natan was the first moshav affiliated with the Lachish Regional Council. In 1973, the moshav was joined by 24 families from South America. Most of the residents make a living from agriculture. Roses for export, orchards, vegetable farming and poultry-breeding are the primary economic branches.
The moshav was built 800 m south and 1 km north-east, respectively, of the sites of the Palestinian villages of Bayt 'Affa and Iraq Suwaydan, which were depopulated in 1948. It is on the land of Iraq Suwaydan.
References
References
- [http://archive.jewishagency.org/places-israel/content/26062 Moshav Yad Natan]{{Dead link. (August 2025)
- Survey of Israel, map "Hebron" 1:100,000, revision of 1956.
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
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