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Kissufim is the name of an Israeli kibbutz several miles from Israel's border with the Gaza strip. As of 2005 its population consists of about 90 people. Its economy largely relies on its milk production, chicken farming, a citrus and avocado orchard, and renting out land to the Israeli army. At one point it had a factory that produced plastic frames for glasses. Until the early 1990s, Kissufim consisted of several hundred members, and total communal life.

Founded in the 1950s, Kissufim is one of a series of Israeli settlements established on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.

Kissufim crossing, named after the nearby Kibbutz, was the main border crossing between Israel and the Gaza stip used by Israeli settlers of Gush Katif. It was permanently closed to inbound Israeli traffic on August 15, 2005 as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan. The last Israeli soldier left the Gaza strip and closed the Kissufim gate at dawn of September 12, 2005 [1], thereby completing the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and marking an end to 38 years of occupation.

• Other names: Kesseifim, Kissuffim, Kisufim
• Geography, Location
  • Lat (DMS) 31° 22' 27N
  • Long (DMS) 34° 23' 58E
  • Altitude (meters) 92
• Demographics: Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 109,482 (almost entirely Palestinians in the Gaza strip)

• Nearby cities and towns
  • West: Daribat ash Sheikh Hammuda (2.3 nm)
  • North: Kefar Darom (3.1 nm); Al Burayj (3.6 nm)
  • East: Re`im (3.2 nm)
  • South: `En HaShelosha (1.5 nm)

See also

• 15 minute movie on Kissufim in the 1950s
• Israel unilateral disengagement plan