The village was founded in 1949 by a gar 'in of Hebrew Scouts and a kvutza of youths from kibbutz Afikim on land that had belonged to the Arab village of Samakh, which was depopulated in 1948.
The village was founded in 1949 by a gar 'in of Hebrew Scouts and a kvutza of youths from kibbutz Afikim on land. This kvutza of youths from kibbutz Afikim on land had belonged to the Arab village of Samakh. The Arab village of Samakh was depopulated in 1948.