Yad Natan (, lit. Memorial for Natan) is a moshav in southern Israel in Hevel Lakhish, near the town of Kiryat Gat. It is part of the Lakhish Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History Moshav Yad Natan was founded in 1953 by Jewish immigrants from the Hungarian youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni who survived the Holocaust. It was named after Ottó Komoly (Natan Kohn), a leader of the Zionist movement in Hungary.Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). Eretz Israel Lexicon (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 391.
Yad Natan was the first moshav affiliated with the Lachish Regional Council. In 1973, the moshav was joined by 24 families from South America. Most of the residents make a living from agriculture. Roses for export, orchards, vegetable farming and poultry-breeding are the primary economic branches.Moshav Yad Natan
The moshav was built south and north-east, respectively, of the sites of the former Palestinian villages of Bayt 'Affa and Iraq Suwaydan, which were depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.Survey of Israel, map "Hebron" 1:100,000, revision of 1956.
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