Yiftah
{{About|the Israeli kibbutz|the biblical judge|Jephthah}}
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{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Yiftah
| hebname = יפתח
| meaning = He will open
| image = Yiftah houses.jpg
| foundation = 18 August 1948
| founded_by = {{nowrap|Demobilised Palmach soldiers}}
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = north
| council = Upper Galilee
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| population = {{Israel populations|Yiftah}}{{Israel populations|reference}}
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| pushpin_map = Israel northeast#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|33|7|40|N|35|33|6|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://yiftah.kibbutz.org.il/ yiftah.kibbutz.org.il]
}}
Yiftah ({{langx|he|יפתח||He will open}}) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Yiftah}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Yiftah was established on 18 August 1948 by demobilised Palmach soldiers who were members of the Yiftach Brigade, after which the kibbutz is named. Metzudat Koach is located nearby.{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}
Yiftah is located near Jahula,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C |first=Benny |last=Morris |authorlink=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited|isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&l&pg=PR21 xxi], village #22. }} but on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qadas.{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5 |page=485}}
During the Gaza war, northern Israeli border communities, including Yiftah, faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated.{{Cite web |last=Fabian |first=Emanuel |title=IDF to evacuate civilians from 28 communities along Lebanese border amid attacks |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-to-evacuate-civilians-from-28-communities-along-lebanese-border-amid-attacks/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}} On 5 November 2023, a driver operating an Israeli water tank for the IDF was killed by an anti-tank missile launched by Hezbollah operatives near the kibbutz.{{Cite news |last=אלבז |first=שמעון |date=2023-11-08 |title=מאיר מויאל הוא האזרח שנהרג מנ"ט בגבול לבנון: "נפל בשליחות למען ישראל" |language=he |work=Ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bjebwxtq6 |access-date=2023-12-11}}
On 19 December, Hezbollah fired artillery shells at the kibbutz.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-19 |title=حزب الله يعلن استهداف مستوطنة يفتاح بالقذائف المدفعية |url=https://www.alghad.tv/%d8%ad%d8%b2%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%87-%d9%8a%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%86-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%81-%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b7%d9%86%d8%a9-%d9%8a%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%a8%d8%a7/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=قناة الغد |language=ar}}
Notable people
- Yiftach Ziv (born 1995), basketball player
Gallery
File:Yiftah.jpg|Opening of dining hall, 1948
File:Yiftah ii.jpg|Yiftah under construction, 1948
File:Yiftah vi.jpg|Yiftah, May 1949
References
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External links
- [http://www.yiftah.org Kibbutz website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Upper Galilee Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places established in 1948