Dekel

Dekel דֶּקֶל‎
Dekel
Coordinates: 31°11′41″N 34°20′55″E / 31.19472°N 34.34861°E / 31.19472; 34.34861
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Eshkol
Affiliation	Agricultural Union
Founded	April 1982
Founded by	Jewish Agency for Israel
Population  (2022)[1]	392

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 2022 it had a population of 392.^[1]