Mishmar HaShiv'a () is a

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in the Central District of

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. Located near

Beit Dagan Beit Dagan () is a local council (town) in the Central District of Israel. As of 2021, Beit Dagan had a population of . History During the Ottoman period, the area of Beit Dagan was part of to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod, which encompas ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Sdot Dan Regional Council Sdot Dan Regional Council () is a regional council in the Central Coastal Plain region of the Central District of Israel. Founded in 1952 as Lod Valley Regional Council, it borders Ben Gurion International Airport and Or Yehuda to the north, He ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was founded in 1949 by

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soldiers on land which had belonged to the

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village of

Bayt Dajan Bayt Dajan (; ), also known as Dajūn, was a Palestinian Arab village situated approximately southeast of Jaffa. It is thought to have been the site of the biblical town of Beth Dagon, mentioned in the Book of Joshua and in ancient Assyrian ...

, which was depopulated in the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civil war becam ...

. It was named in memory of the seven

Notrim The Notrim (; singular: ''Noter'') were mostly Jewish auxiliaries, mainly police, set up in 1936 by the British in Mandatory Palestine during the 1936–39 Arab revolt. The British authorities maintained, financed and armed the ''Notrim'' unti ...

who were killed near

Yazur Yazur (, ) was a Palestinian Arab town located east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th-13th centuries. During the Fatimid period in Palestine, a ...

on 22 January 1948.

References

{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel