Misgav Dov ( he, מִשְׂגַּב דֹּב, ''lit.'' Dov's Fortress) is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

in south-central Israel. Located near

Gedera Gedera, or less commonly known as Gdera ( he, גְּדֵרָה), is a town in the southern part of the Shfela region in the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is south of Rehovot. In , it had a population of . History Gedera ...

in the coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Gederot Regional Council Gederot Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית גדרות, ''Mo'atza Azorit Gderot'') is a regional council (Israel), regional council in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel. It is located between Ashdod, Yavne and Ged ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded though the Mishkei Herut Beitar settlement movement by Herut members from Haifa in 1950 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of

Bashshit Bashshayt ( ar, بشيت), also Beshshayt, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located southwest of Ramla about half a mile from wadi Bashshit. Archaeological artifacts from the village attest to habitation in the Early Is ...

.Misgav Dov
Gederot Regional Council It was named after Dov Gruner, a member of the Irgun who was executed by the British authorities. The founders were later joined by new immigrants from Iraq, Poland and the Soviet Union.

References

{{Gederot Moshavim Populated places in Central District (Israel) Populated places established in 1950 1950 establishments in Israel