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| Kifl Hares |
Kifl Hares City Hall |
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| Arabic |
كفل حارس |
| Government |
Village Council |
| Also Spelled |
Kifl Haris (officially)
Kefl Harith (unofficially)
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| Governorate |
Salfit |
| Population |
3,200 (2006) |
| Jurisdiction |
dunams |
| Head of Municipality |
Ahmad Buziah[1] |
Kifl Hares is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers west of Salfit and 18km south of Nablus in the Salfit Governorate. Its also located northwest of an Israeli settlement, the city of Ariel in the Samarian region of the West Bank. Biblical tradition places the tomb of Joshua, Caleb, and Nun according to Joshua 24:30 in Timnath-heres which is attributed to be the current location of Kifl Hares.
Thousands make the pilgrimage to the tombs on the annual commemoration of Joshua's death, 26th of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar.
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