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The opening as it read in 2010

Revadim ( ) is a kibbutz in the Israeli coastal plain in south-central Israel . It belongs to the Yoav Regional Council . It is located about five km southeast of Gedera and just east of Highway 3 . The kibbutz belongs to HaKibbutz HaArtzi. Its area is about 8200 dunams . Revadim was founded on 14 February 1947 in Gush Etzion by members of Hashomer Hatzair , but it fell to Jordan , with all the other Jewish settlements in Gush Etzion, on 14 May 1948 during the Israeli War of Independence . Its members were taken as prisoners by the Jordanians. The kibbutz was founded anew in its present-day location on 28 November 1948 on the land of an abandoned Arab village, by individuals from Revadim who were not taken as prisoners. Later, members who were freed from being hostages rejoined them. The kibbutz has a memorial for those who fell in Gush Etzion. The statue was created by the sculptor Aharon Ashkenazi. On Tel Mikneh in the area of the kibbutz the Biblical city of Ekron was discovered, and at the entrance of the kibbutz a small museum of archeological finds from Ekron was constructed.¹

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The opening as it stood in 2015 12 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Place in Israel Reconstructed Philistine house Revadim ( ) is a kibbutz in Israel on the southern coastal plain . It is under the administration of the Yoav Regional Council and affiliated with the Hashomer Hatza'ir movement.

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Place in Southern, Israel Reconstructed Philistine house Revadim ( , lit. terraces) is a kibbutz in southern Israel . Located in the southern Shephelah (Judean foothills) region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 915. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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Kibbutz in southern Israel Place in Southern, Israel Reconstructed Philistine house Revadim ( , lit. terraces) is a kibbutz in southern Israel . Located in the southern Shephelah (Judean foothills) region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 915. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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"terraces") is a kibbutz in southern Israel . Located in the southern Shephelah (Judean foothills) region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council . In 2024 it had a population of 915. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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