Kibbutz Nitzanim was founded in 1943, near the Jaffa - Ashdod – Gaza highway, isolated from Jewish settlements, surrounded by Arab villages and difficult to defend.

With the onset of the Egyptian invasion of Israel in May 1948 – during the War of Independence, the settlement was cut off from the center of the country. Although the children and woman were evacuated in “Baby Operation” during May 1948, 10 women insisted to stay behind with the men to arrest the advance of the Egyptians troops whose objectives was to capture Tel-Aviv.

On June 7, 1948, after the Egyptians had penetrated into Israel and were only stopped near the bridge known today as “Gesher Ad-Halom”, a massive attack on Nitzanim began. The defenders returned fire with all their might, but the positions began to collapse under the Egyptian attack.

The Women of Valor at Nitzanim led to the development of the site – among other issues performed on site - as a place for identifying with female soldiers and the initiative construction of a Women of Valor Center, in Nitzanim.