Nahal Tarshish (Hebrew: נח"ל תרשיש), also known as Nahal Ofir (Hebrew: נח"ל אופיר), was an outpost established by the Nahal in 1956 following Operation Kadesh, of which the first were established in the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip.[notes 1] The hold was established in the South Sinai Governorate on the coast of Solomon's Bay.[1] The hold's location was very isolated, with the closest Israeli settlement being in Eilat, 185 km away, with no direct road connecting the two locations. The holding included a military settlement of the Nahal alongside a civilian fishing settlement.
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