Dekel

For the operation during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, see Operation Dekel

Dekel (Hebrew: דֶּקֶל, lit. Palm tree), officially Dekel-Kfar Shitufi (Hebrew:דקל-כפר שיתופי‎, lit. Dekel - Co-operative Village) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Egypt-Gaza Strip-Israel border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 112.