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Mitzpe Hila (, ''lit.'' Hila Lookout) or simply Hila is a

community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an ...

in northern

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. Located in the western

Galilee Galilee (; ; ; ) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon consisting of two parts: the Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and the Lower Galilee (, ; , ). ''Galilee'' encompasses the area north of the Mount Carmel-Mount Gilboa ridge and ...

hills near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Ma'aleh Yosef'') is a Regional council (Israel), regional council in the Upper Galilee, part of the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel, situated between the towns of Ma'alot ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 1980 as part of the "Lookouts in the Galilee" plan, with residents initially living in prefabricated homes imported from

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. It was originally named ''Mitzpe Ziv'' after Har Ziv, the mountain on which it was built. It was later renamed Mitzpe Hila.

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and Grad rockets fired by

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in the 1990s landed in the village, as did more rockets during the

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, thoug ...

against Hezbollah.Bay Area aids Kiryat Shmona
Jewish News Weekly, 19 April 1996 Otherwise it is a popular retreat for "internal tourism": Israelis seeking

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or rental cabins.Shalit's dad: 'Hope is all we have left'
The Jerusalem Post, 27 June 2006

Notable residents

Gilad Shalit Gilad Shalit (, ''Gilˁad Šaliṭ'' ; born 28 August 1986) is a former MIA soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who, on 25 June 2006, was captured by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid via tunnels near the Israeli border. Ham ...

References

{{authority control Community settlements Populated places established in 1980 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1980 establishments in Israel