Yuval
{{Short description|Place in Northern Israel}}
{{About|the moshav|the name|Yuval (given name)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Yuval
| hebname = יובל
| meaning = Creek
| image = Yuval141a.jpg
| founded = 1953
| founded_by = Jerusalemite refugees
| altOffSp = Kfar Yuval
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = north
| council = Mevo'ot HaHermon
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Yuval}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel northeast#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|33|14|48|N|35|35|54|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
Yuval ({{langx|he|יובל||Creek}}), also known as Kfar Yuval, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee Panhandle between Metula and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it is at the border with Lebanon{{Cite news |last1=Kershner |first1=Isabel |last2=Ponomarev |first2=Sergey |date=2024-03-24 |title=In Hezbollah's Sights, a Stretch of Northern Israel Becomes a No-Go Zone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-border.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Yuval}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Archaeology
{{Main|Al-Zuq al-Fawqani}}
Kfar Yuval was established on the land of the Palestinian depopulated village of al-Zūq al-Fauqānī
During the Roman period, al-Zūq al-Fauqānī was called Golgol. The toponym Golgol is attested in a Late Roman boundary stone inscription discovered at Abil al-Qamḥ, and was preserved has in the Arabic Juneijil (جنيجل) near al-Zūq al-Fauqānī. Golgol has been previously misidentified with Tall al-ʿAjūl, near Abil al-Qamh, whose name is unrelated linguistically to the Roman toponym.
Archaeological finds at al-Zūq al-Fauqānī point to active occupation during the Roman and Byzantine periods. Excavations have revealed a burial cave from the 2nd to 4th centuries CE, which contained multiple burial niches, Roman-period oil lamps, glass vessels, and personal ornaments, indicating long-term use. A Late Roman lead sarcophagus decorated with a human face and vegetal motifs was recovered nearby in 1954. Other discoveries at the site include carved stone elements and the remains of an olive press, all consistent with a settled and agriculturally active community.
Modern history
Yuval was founded in 1953 by evacuees from the Old City of Jerusalem who originally arrived from Kurdistan on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Abil al-Qamh.{{cite book| title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=429}} It was named "Yuval" (creek) after the Jordan river's tributaries in the area and also referring to Jeremiah 17:8Bitan, H. (1999). 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel. Jerusalem: Carta, p.27 ("sends out its roots by the creek"). In the early 1960s most of the founders abandoned the moshav, and it was repopulated by Indian Jewish immigrants from Kochi.[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/reliving-cochin-memories/article829122.ece Reliving Cochin memories] The Hindu, 14 October 2010
The proximity of the moshav to the border of Israel with Lebanon has made it a target for attacks. In 1975 a group of terrorists infiltrated the moshav, took control of a residence, and killed three members of one family.{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Terence |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Palestinian Raiders Hold Israeli Family, But Then Are Slain |date=June 15, 1975 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/15/archives/palestinian-raiders-hold-israel-family-but-then-are-slain.html |access-date=September 16, 2019}}[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X24sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iIoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6200,3147656 Terrorists Attack Israeli Villagers] Herald-Journal, 16 June 1975
The main economic branches of the moshav, as of June 2004, are a chicken coop and plantations of avocado, apples, plums and oranges. Later, the moshav also relied on tourism from Israelis, and it became one of the leading places for village-style hospitality in northern Israel.{{Cite web |date=2014-02-21 |title=Cochin Jews live a prosperous lives on the moshavim in Israel |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/international/story/19790915-cochin-jews-live-a-prosperous-lives-on-the-moshavim-in-israel-822563-2014-02-21 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=India Today |language=en}}
During the Gaza war, northern Israeli border communities, including Yuval, faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were largely 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 14 January 2024, Mira Ayalon, 76, and her son, Barak Ayalon, 40, were killed after anti-tank missiles struck their home in Yuval. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack.{{Cite web |title=Hezbollah missiles hit moshav home, killing mother and son|url=https://www.jns.org/five-idf-soldiers-wounded-as-terrorists-infiltrate-from-lebanon/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=JNS |date=14 January 2024 |language=en}}
References
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Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Category:Populated places established in 1953
Category:1953 establishments in Israel