Misgav Dov (, ''lit.'' Dov's Fortress) is a

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in south-central

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. Located near

Gedera Gedera, or less commonly known as Gdera (), is a town in the southern part of the Shfela region in the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is south of Rehovot. In , it had a population of . History Gedera is in the Book of C ...

in the

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, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded though the

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members from

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in 1950 on land that had belonged to the Ottoman-Palestine-Arab village of

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.Misgav Dov
Gederot Regional Council It was named after Dov Gruner, a member of the

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who was executed by the British authorities. The founders were later joined by new immigrants from Iraq, Poland and the Soviet Union.

References

{{Gederot Moshavim Populated places in Central District (Israel) Populated places established in 1950 1950 establishments in Israel