Shtula
Shtula
שְׁתוּלָה | |
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Etymology: "Planted" | |
Coordinates: 33°5′8″N 35°18′47″E / 33.08556°N 35.31306°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Northern |
Council | Ma'ale Yosef |
Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
Founded | 1967 |
Founded by | Galilee moshavniks |
Population (2022)[1] | 311 |
Website | www.shtula.org.il |
Shtula (
History
Moshav Shtula was established in 1967 as part of a program to strengthen the Jewish presence in the Galilee. Many members of the community were immigrants from the Iraqi town of Koy Sanjaq and children in the moshav were taught Jewish Neo-Aramaic.[2]
The moshav is located on the land of the Palestinian villages of Suruh and Tarbikha, which were depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[3]
The village was the site of Hezbollah's cross-border raid in the 2006 Lebanon War, in which three Israeli soldiers were killed and two captured.[citation needed]
In 2006, a resident of Shtula, Sara Khatan, was honored with
In 2014, a resident of Shtula alerted the Hebrew University Cave Research Unit to a deep cave near the moshav. The researchers declared it a record for Israel at 187-meters deep.[5]
Amidst the
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ISSN 0003-0279.
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ טקס הדלקת המשואות
- ^ Mapping Israel’s deepest cave
- ^ Tuqa, Khalid. "Israel's military strikes Lebanon targets after Hezbollah claims fire on border town".
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)