Kfar Yavetz
| Kfar Yavetz כְּפַר יַעֲבֵץ | |
|---|---|
  Kfar Yavetz | |
| Coordinates: 32°16′29.99″N 34°57′52.55″E / 32.2749972°N 34.9645972°ECoordinates: 32°16′29.99″N 34°57′52.55″E / 32.2749972°N 34.9645972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Lev HaSharon |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 10 April 1932 |
| Population (2015)[1] | 665 |
Kfar Yavetz (Hebrew: כְּפַר יַעֲבֵץ, lit. Yavetz Village) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Tayibe, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 665.
History
The village was founded on 10 April 1932 as a kibbutz. It was named for Rabbi Ze'ev Yavetz, a founder of the Mizrachi movement.[2]
As the kibbutz was situated on the front, opposite the Iraqi army sent as auxiliaries during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the inhabitants were evacuated for their safety, and the kibbutz was turned into army base.[3] The residents resettled in Geulei Teiman and the village was rebuilt as a moshav in 1951, incorporating within it new immigrants from Yemen and from central Europe.[3]
Kfar Yavetz is located in the heart of the Triangle, near the Wadi Ara highway.
On 7 July 2003, Mazal Afari, 65, a resident of Kfar Yavetz was killed in her home in a suicide bombing carried out by the Islamic Jihad. Afari, a mother of eight, was waiting for her husband and sons to return from synagogue. The militant slipped into the house unnoticed and detonated a bomb he was carrying in a bag.[4] Three of her grandchildren were injured in the attack.[5] The house was destroyed in the blast.[6]
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Religious Zionism Jewish Virtual Library
- 1 2 Yalqut Teiman, Yosef Tobi and Shalom Seri (editors), Tel-Aviv 2000, p. 130, s.v. כפר יעבץ (Hebrew) ISBN 965-7121-03-5
- ↑ Jihad claims suicide bombing at Kfar Yavetz, Jerusalem Post.
- ↑ Terrorism against Israel Jewish Virtual Library
- ↑ Militants link suicide blast to prisoners Chicago Tribune