Ge'a () is a

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in southern

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. Located three kilometres south-east of

Ashkelon Ashkelon ( ; , ; ) or Ashqelon, is a coastal city in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The modern city i ...

near Beit Shikma and

Talmei Yafeh Talmei Yaffe () is a moshav shitufi in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Talmei Yaffe was founded in 1950 as a kibbutz by Jewish immigr ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Hof Ashkelon Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hof Ashkelon'', ''lit.'' Ashkelon Coast Regional Council) is a regional council (Israel), regional council in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel. As of the year 2019, its po ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from

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and

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, and was named after the depopulated

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village of al-Jiyya, on whose lands it was built.

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