Morag (Hebrew: מוֹרַג, lit. 'Flail') was an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the Gush Katif settlement bloc. in the south-west edge of the Gaza Strip. It was evacuated as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2005.

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Morag מוֹרַג‎
Hothouses in Morag.
Etymology: Flail
Morag
Coordinates: 31°18′30″N 34°17′17″E
Affiliation	HaPoel HaMizrahi
Founded	1983

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Morag, was the southernmost settlement in Gush Katif. It was first established on 29 May 1972, as a non-religious pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1982.^[1] It later became a religious agricultural worker cooperative, whose residents earned their living growing flowers and vegetables in hothouses.^{[citation needed]} At the time of the evacuation, there were about forty families including about 200 people.^{[citation needed]}

Sixteen families of Morag were evicted on August 17, 2005, by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli Police. Others had left earlier following the government orders.^[1][2]

On the ruins of the former village, a Palestinian locality has been announced called Sheikh Khalifa City.^[3] The site is named after United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan due to his funding of the project.^[4]