Kfar Yabetz | |
Founded | 10 April 1932 |
Council | Lev HaSharon |
Region | Sharon plain |
Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
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Kfar Yabetz
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Kfar Yabetz (Hebrew: כְּפַר יַעְבֵּץ, lit. Rose Spring) 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 2006 it had a population of 494.
The village was founded on 10 April 1932 as a kibbutz and was named after Rabbi Ze'ev Yabetz. However, it was destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War; its former residents establishing Geulei Teiman. The village was re-established as a moshav in 1951. On July 7, 2003 it was hit by an Islamic jihad suicide attack in which one woman died. There were many miracles in the bombing that had all represented her.
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