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Beersheba

Beersheba or Be'er Sheva (Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, Arabic: بئر السبع‎, lit. "Well of the Oath") is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the center of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth most populous Israeli city with a population of 209,002, and the second largest city with a total area of 117,500 dunams (after Jerusalem). The city serves as a center for Israel's high-tech industry.

Beersheba in Alpha and Omega[]

During the national elections following the dirty bomb attack on Tel Aviv, Beersheba saw a suicide bomber attempt to disrupt the voting with bloodshed. However, the bomber was incompetent, and blew up only himself.[1]

References[]

  1. Alpha and Omega, p. 141.
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