Mi‘ilyā
District of
Northern District - Israel

Achshaph

Achshaph - "fascination", a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Canaan . It was in the eastern boundary of the tribe of Asher, and is identified with the modern ruined village of Kesaf or Yasif, northeast of Acre.

Located at 32.9518, 35.1738 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.226 miles away.
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Canaanite cities, Former populated places in Southwest Asia, Hebrew Bible places, Amarna letters locations

Al-Kabri incident

The al-Kabri incident refers to a military operation carried out by the Israeli army during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in retaliation for the ambush of the Yehiam convoy. On May 20, 1948, the Israeli Carmeli Brigade captured al-Kabri, an Arab village in the northwest corner of the region of the British Mandate of Palestine that was later incorporated into the State of Israel.

Located at 33.0155, 35.1509 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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1948 Arab–Israeli War, Mass murder in 1948, Massacres in Israel during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Ma'alot massacre

The Ma'alot massacre was a terrorist attack in 1974 which included a two-day hostage-taking of 115 people which ended in the deaths of over 25 hostages. It began when three armed Palestinian terrorists of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine entered Israel from Lebanon. Soon afterwards they attacked a van, killing two Israeli Arab women while injuring a third and entered an apartment building in the town of Ma'alot, where they killed a couple and their four-year-old son.

Located at 33.0168, 35.2861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.234 miles away.
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Terrorist incidents in 1974, 1974 in Israel, Palestinian terrorism, Mass murder in 1974, Spree shootings in Israel, Hostage taking, School killings in Israel, Massacres in Israel during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Operations involving Israeli special forces, School massacres, Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups, Murdered Israeli children, Massacres in Israel

Deir al-Asad

Deir al-Asad is a village in the Galilee region of Israel, 49 kilometers from Haifa. It is located above al-Araas mountain. All the residents are Muslims. The number of the residents in 2003 was approximately 8,400.

Located at 32.9364, 35.2719 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.230 miles away.
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Local councils in Israel, North District (Israel), Arab localities in Israel

ORT Braude College of Engineering

ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering is established on a 30-acre area in a city of Karmiel, Israel. The College’s geographic location is a direct response to national and regional needs: it serves as an academic, technological, and scientific center for the Galilee, increases the accessibility to higher education in the north of Israel and contributes to the range and enrichment of Karmiel’s educational system.

Located at 32.9144, 35.2826 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.229 miles away.
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Colleges in Israel

Biranit

Biranit is a military base in northern Israel. It is the headquarters of the Galilee Division of the Israel Defense Forces, and is located around a kilometre from the Lebanese border between Sasa and Netu'a. The site was originally planned to become a village centre as part of Operation Sof Sof to increase Jewish presence in the Galilee in the 1960s. In 1964 a Nahal settlement was established in the area. It was civilianised in 1967, but did not become a village.

Located at 33.0581, 35.3425 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.238 miles away.
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Military installations of Israel, Nahal settlements, Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council

Marwahin

Marwahin (Marwāḩīn) is a town in Lebanon, on its border with Israel. During the 2006 Lebanon War, Marwahin was the site of ground exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah. According to Human Rights Watch, the villagers of Marwahin reported having problems with Hezbollah fighters and weapons infiltrating their village almost as soon as the war started. Lebanese civilian refugees from the town were first ordered to flee the area by Israeli forces.

Located at 33.1167, 35.2833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.238 miles away.
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Populated places in the South Governorate

2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid

The 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid was a cross-border attack committed by Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants on an Israeli military patrol on 12 July 2006 on Israeli territory. Using rockets fired on several Israeli towns as a diversion; Hezbollah militants crossed from Lebanon into Israel and ambushed two Israeli Army vehicles, killing five soldiers and abducting two of the soldiers. Another four soldiers were killed in a failed rescue attempt.

Located at 33.1004, 35.3199 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.239 miles away.
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2006 Lebanon War, Battles of the 2006 Lebanon War

Upper Galilee

The Upper Galilee is a geographical-political term in use since the end of the Second Temple period, originally referring to a mountainous area overlapping the present northern Israel and southern Lebanon, its borders being the Litani river in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Beit HaKerem valley and Lower Galilee in the south and the Jordan river and Hula Valley in the east.

Located at 33.0294, 35.3293 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.236 miles away.
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Regions of Israel, Geography of Lebanon

Montfort Castle

Montfort is a ruined crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles (35 km) northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles (16 km) south of the border with Lebanon. The site is now a national park inside the Nahal Kziv nature reserve, and it constitutes an important spot of tourism and attracts many tourists both from inside and outside Israel.

Located at 33.0447, 35.2259 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.232 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Israel, Castles of the Teutonic Knights, National parks of Israel

Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council

The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council is a regional council in the Upper Galilee, part of the North District of Israel, situated between the towns of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Shlomi. Its offices are located in Gornot HaGalil. The council was established in 1963, although most of its settlements were founded in the 1950s. It was named for Yosef Weiz, Zionist pioneer of the Second Aliyah and director of the Jewish National Fund following the First World War.

Located at 33.0618, 35.2464 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.234 miles away.
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Regional councils in Israel, Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council

Peki'in Synagogue

The Peki’in Synagogue, located in the centre of Peki'in, Northern Israel, is said to have built into its walls two stones taken from the walls of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The current structure dates from 1873 and is said to have been built on a site of an ancient synagogue dating from the era of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, around the 3rd-4th century CE. Funding for the construction, attested to on a plaque commemorating the donation, was given by a Jew named Rafael Halevy from Beirut.

Located at 32.9775, 35.3356 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.235 miles away.
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Synagogues in Israel, Ancient synagogues in the Land of Israel

Tzurit

Tzurit is a hilltop village located in the Misgav Regional Council in Israel's Western Galilee region, west of Karmiel. It was formed in 1982 and it currently (mid-2007) has a population of approximately 658.

Located at 32.902, 35.2506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.227 miles away.
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Community settlements in Israel

Highway 89 (Israel)

Highway 89 is a major east-west highway in the Upper Galilee and Western Galilee in northern Israel. It begins in the west in Nahariya and continues east to Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Safed, Hatzor HaGlilit and Rosh Pina. It is 58 kilometers long.

Located at 33.0228, 35.3253 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.236 miles away.
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Roads in Israel

Highway 85 (Israel)

Highway 85 is an east-west highway in Northern Israel. It is one of the most important roads through the Galilee, connecting the western Galilee with the Eastern Galilee. The road begins in Akko on the west coast of Israel and ends in the east just north of Lake Kinneret.

Located at 32.925, 35.2986 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.231 miles away.
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Roads in Israel

Pelekh

Pelekh is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. Named after the Bible together with the nearby kibbutz Kishor, whose name is the corresponding word of the same sentence. The village was founded in 1982 by a gar'in of Hashomer Hatzair members.

Located at 32.934, 35.2337 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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Kibbutzim, Kibbutz Movement, Populated places established in 1982

Gilon

Gilon is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee on Mount Gilon seven kilometres west of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 1,000. The village was established in 1980 by the Mishkei Herut Beitar movement as part of the Lookouts in the Galilee plan to increase Jewish settlement in the area.

Located at 32.9031, 35.2357 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.227 miles away.
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Community settlements in Israel, Populated places established in 1980

Tal-El

Tal El is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee between Acre and Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 929. The village was established in 1980 by ten families from the Soviet Union and two from Israel.

Located at 32.927, 35.1792 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.225 miles away.
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Community settlements in Israel, Populated places established in 1980

Lavon, Israel

Lavon is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee four kilometres north of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 268. The village was established in 1980 and was named after former Minister of Defence Pinchas Lavon.

Located at 32.9415, 35.2874 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.231 miles away.
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Community settlements in Israel, Populated places established in 1980

Harashim

Harashim is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee to the north of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 196. The village was established in 1980 as part of the Lookouts in the Galilee plan to encourage Jewish settlement in the region. Its name is derived from an ancient Jewish settlement in the area and the fact that some of the residents worked as blacksmiths.

Located at 32.9564, 35.3282 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.233 miles away.
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Community settlements in Israel, Populated places established in 1980

Tel Kabri

Tel Kabri is an archaeological site on the grounds of Kibbutz Kabri, near the city of Nahariya, Israel. Tel Kabri is notable for its Minoan-style frescoes, the only such frescoes ever discovered in Israel. The area of Kabri was first settled 16,000 years ago, during the Neolithic period. Permanent structures appeared around the year 10000 BCE. The tel contains the remains of a Canaanite city from the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 B.C.).

Located at 33.0084, 35.1391 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.227 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Israel, Former populated places in Southwest Asia, Prehistoric sites in Israel, Bronze Age sites in Israel, Minoan archaeology

Nahal Kziv

Nahal Kziv (lit. "Kziv stream") is a 20-kilometer long perennial stream in the Upper Galilee, Israel. During the winter, rainfall fills the channel, and springs along the riverbed add to the flow. Currently, Mekorot (the national water company) pumps the water of the river's principal spring, Ein Ziv, and supplies it to the residents of the Western Galilee, making the channel between Ein Ziv and Ein Tamir an intermittent stream.

Located at 33.0416, 35.248 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.233 miles away.
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Rivers of Israel, Nature reserves in Israel

Pa'ar Cave

The Pa'ar Cave, is a Karstic Sinkhole in the Upper Galilee, Israel. The cave is located between the Adir peak (part of the Meron range), and kibbutz Sasa. The sinkhole channels the water flowing from the Pa'ar stream to groundwater level.

Located at 33.031, 35.3859 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.239 miles away.
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Caves of Israel, Nature reserves in Israel, Limestone caves

HaYonim Cave

HaYonim Cave is a cave located in a limestone bluff about 250 meters above modern sea level, in the Upper Galilee, Israel. The site had substantial occupation during the Middle Paleolithic Mousterian period, from 250,000 years ago to 100,000 years ago, and later, during the Natufian period around 12,000 years ago. The Mousterian occupation of the cave included Levallois debitage and early Middle Paleolithic blade technology, as well as a series of hearths.

Located at 32.9201, 35.2183 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.227 miles away.
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Natufian sites, , Caves of Israel, Prehistoric sites in Israel

Matzuva attack

The Matzuva attack was a terrorist attack on March 12, 2002 in which two Islamic Jihad militants who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon opened fire on civilian vehicles traveling on the Shlomi-Matzuva road. Six Israelis were killed in the attack and one injured.

Located at 33.0633, 35.1501 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.230 miles away.
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Mass murder in 2002, Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups, Palestinian terrorism, Spree shootings in Israel, Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2002