Dafna
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Dafana. View to the north. 1947
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| Coordinates: 33°13′48″N 35°38′19″E / 33.23000°N 35.63861°ECoordinates: 33°13′48″N 35°38′19″E / 33.23000°N 35.63861°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 3 May 1939 |
| Founded by | Dror and Kibbutz HaMeuhad |
| Population (2015) | 908 |
| Website | www.dafna.org.il |
Dafna (Hebrew: דַּפְנָה) is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, 7 km east of Kiryat Shmona. It was founded on 3 May 1939 under the system, and was the first tower and stockade settlement in the northern Hula Valley. Dan and Dafna are known as "the Ussishkin Fortresses". Three streams of the river Dan surround the landscape.
Har Vagai (mountain and valley), one of the junior and senior regional high schools, is located in kibbutz Dafna. The school has 900-1000 pupils from 7th to 12th grade. The school covers an area of about 1 km square and the river Dan runs through the middle of the school grounds. The pupils are drawn from neighbouring kibbutzim, Dan, HaGoshrim, Kfar Szold, Snir and from other settlements such as Rosh Pinna, Metula and Yesud HaMa'ala.
The school holds a memorial service and educational seminar every year to commemorate the 73 soldiers who were lost in the helicopter disaster of 4 February 1997. The elementary school for the kibbutz children is Aley Giva (atop a hill) which is situated in Kibbutz Kfar Giladi. The children from Dafna are taken by bus there and back every day. There is a thriving education system of kindergartens for young children from the age of 6 months up to 6 years when they start the first year of school.
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