Kfar Ahim

Kfar Ahim

Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Kfar Ahim
foundation = 1949
founded_by = Polish and Romanian immigrants
region = South-central Israel
council = nowrap|Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
industry = Agriculture
affiliation = Moshavim Movement
website =

Kfar Ahim ( _he. כפר אחים, lit. "Village of Brothers") is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 453.

The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Poland and Romania and was named for two brothers, Zvi and Efraim Gover from the nearby moshav of Kfar Warburg, who were killed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.Cite book
publisher = Mapa Publishing
isbn = 9657184347
pages = p. 282
others = Yuval Elʻazari (ed.)
title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel
location = Tel-Aviv
date = 2005 he icon]

Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include Benjamin Gantz, Israel's military attaché in the United States and Knesset member and former Minister of Agriculture, Yisrael Katz.

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