Kfar Ahim

Kfar Ahim
  • כְּפַר אַחִים (Hebrew)
Etymology: Village of Brothers
Kfar Ahim is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Kfar Ahim
Kfar Ahim
Location within Ashkelon region of Israel
Kfar Ahim is located in Israel
Kfar Ahim
Kfar Ahim
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 31°44′41″N 34°45′27″E / 31.74472°N 34.75750°E / 31.74472; 34.75750
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
SubdistrictAshkelon
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
FounderPolish and Romanian immigrants
Population
 (2024)
794

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 2024 it had a population of 794.

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania, at a site just northwest of the former 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. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  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.