FORMER COLONY - EVAQUATED IN 2005

Neve Dekalim was an Israeli settlement in the Gush Qatif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip. It was founded in 1983 on sand dunes that were previously uninhabited. It was located between the Palestinian city of Khan Yunis and the Mediterranean Sea. It was the largest Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip and served as the commercial center for the primarily agricultural settlements surrounding it, particularly for the residents of the Gush Qatif bloc. The evacuation of Neve Dekalim began on August 15, 2005 and was completed on 18 August. The homes were bulldozed, though the infrastructures were left intact as the UN bought them from Israel for palestinian re-use. However, shortly after the Israelis left, Palestinians partly destroyed the greenhouses.
The Palestinian Al-Aqsa University opened a campus inside the partly damaged buildings of the former Khan Yunis campus shortly after the Israeli evacuation:

Neve Decalim before (June 2005) and after (2006) its destruction by the Israelis. Courtesy: ARIJ

Courtesy: Fadi