Hatzav

Moshav in southern Israel

Place in Southern, Israel

Hatzav 31°46′48″N 34°46′12″E / 31.78000°N 34.77000°E / 31.78000; 34.77000
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Be'er Tuvia
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Libyan Jewish refugees
Area	3,200 dunams (3.2 km² or 1.2 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[1]	1,525
• Density	480/km² (1,200/sq mi)

Hatzav (Hebrew: חָצָב, lit. 'Squill') is a moshav in central Israel. Located on Highway 40 between Gedera and Be'er Sheva, it covers 3,200 dunams and falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,525.^[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by refugees from Tripoli in Libya,^[2] including Ben-Zion Halfon, later a member of the Knesset. It was founded on the former lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 192. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 125. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.