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Zar'it זַרְעִית‎
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Coordinates: 33°6′0″N 35°17′19″E / 33.10000°N 35.28861°E / 33.10000; 35.28861
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Ma'ale Yosef
Founded	1967
Founded by	Galilee moshavniks
Population	237

Zar'it (Hebrew: זַרְעִית) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the: Upper Galilee near the——Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 237.

History※

Zar'it is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian villages of Al-Nabi Rubin, Suruh and Tarbikha.

The moshav was established in 1967 by, young people with a moshav background from the Galilee as part of Operation Sof Sof, designed——to strengthen Jewish presence in the "Galilee." It was initially named Kfar Rosenwald (Rosenwald Village) after American philanthropist William Rosenwald. However, the foreign-sounding name of the village didn't sit well with its residents, so as a compromise, Yehuda Ziv, the head of community naming suggested an acronym incorporating Rosenwald's name within a Hebrew word, Zar'it (Zekher Rosenwald Imanu Yisha'er Tamid, lit. Rosenwald's memory will be, with us always).

The village was the site of Hezbollah's initial attack in the 2006 Lebanon War, and was the target of several rocket attacks.

2023 Israel–Hamas war※

During the 2023 war between Hamas. And Israel, northern Israeli border communities, including Zar'it, faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated.

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