Zar'it () 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 northern

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. Located in the

Upper Galilee The Upper Galilee (, ''HaGalil Ha'Elyon''; , ''Al Jaleel Al A'alaa'') is a geographical region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Part of the larger Galilee region, it is characterized by its higher elevations and mountainous terra ...

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

Zar'it is located on the land of the depopulated

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villages of Al-Nabi Rubin,

Suruh Suruh (), was a Palestinian Arab hamlet, located northeast of Acre. It became depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. History Suruh contained two ''khirbats'' ("sites of ruins") with a variety of ancient artifacts, including cisterns, and rock ...

and

Tarbikha Tarbikha (), was a Palestinian Arab village. It was located northeast of Acre in the British Mandate District of Acre that was captured and depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The inhabitants of this vi ...

. The moshav was established in 1967 by young people with a moshav background from the

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as part of Operation Sof Sof, designed to strengthen

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ish presence in the Galilee. It was initially named Kfar Rosenwald (''Rosenwald Village'') after American philanthropist William Rosenwald. However, the foreign-sounding name of the village didn't sit well with its residents, so as a compromise, Yehuda Ziv, the head of community naming suggested an acronym incorporating Rosenwald's name within a Hebrew word, Zar'it (Zekher Rosenwald Imanu Yisha'er Tamid, lit. ''Rosenwald's memory will be with us always''). The village was the site of

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's initial attack in the

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, and was the target of several rocket attacks.

2023 war

During the

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, northern Israeli border communities, including Zar'it, faced targeted attacks by

and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated. In October 2024, the IDF said they uncovered and destroyed an active Hezbollah tunnel that originated near the Lebanese town Marwahin and emerged in Zar'it. The tunnel extended 10 metres into the Israeli border, according to the IDF report.Hezbollah tunnel into northern Israel located and destroyed, says IDF
Sky News, 08 October, 2024

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1967 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1967 establishments in Israel