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Kfar Aza

Kfar Aza
Kfar Aza is located in Israel
Kfar Aza
Kfar Aza
Coordinates: 31°29′1.31″N 34°32′2.39″E / 31.4836972°N 34.5339972°E / 31.4836972; 34.5339972Coordinates: 31°29′1.31″N 34°32′2.39″E / 31.4836972°N 34.5339972°E / 31.4836972; 34.5339972
District Southern
Council Sha'ar HaNegev
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded August 1951
Founded by North African Jews
Population (2015) 705
Website www.kfar-aza.org.il

Kfar Aza (Hebrew: כְּפַר עַזַּה‎, lit. Gaza Village) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Netivot and Sderot around five kilometres east of Gaza, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 705.

The kibbutz was established in August 1951 by immigrants from Egypt and the Moroccan city of Tangiers who had received training in Ein Harod, Ayelet HaShahar and later Afikim. It was temporarily abandoned in 1955, and in January 1957 members of the Mita'arim gar'in moved in.


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