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Moshav in southern Israel Place in Southern, Israel
Kfar Ahim כְּפַר אַחִים‎
Etymology: Village of Brothers
Kfar Ahim is located in Ashkelon region of IsraelKfar AhimKfar AhimShow map of Ashkelon region of IsraelKfar Ahim is located in IsraelKfar AhimKfar AhimShow map of Israel
Coordinates: 31°44′41″N 34°45′27″E / 31.74472°N 34.75750°E / 31.74472; 34.75750
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded byPolish and Romanian immigrants
Population861

Kfar Ahim (Hebrew: כְּפַר אַחִים, lit. 'Village of Brothers') is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 861.

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina. It was named for two brothers who were killed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Zvi and Efraim Guber, sons of Mordecai and Rivka Guber from the nearby moshav of Kfar Warburg.

Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include politicians Benny Gantz and Israel Katz.

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 131. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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