Qiryat Shemona

Qiryat Shmona is a metropolis located with in the Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley close to the Lebanese border. The town was named after the 8 human beings, together with Joseph Trumpeldor, who died in 1920 defending Tel Hai. In 2017 it had a population of 22,844, most of the people of whom are Jews, especially of Moroccan extraction. Located near the Israel-Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost town.

The metropolis of Qiryat Shmona changed into hooked up in 1949 at the website of the previous Arab village al-Khalisa, whose population had fled after Safed changed into taken with the aid of the Haganah for the duration of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and an attempt through the village to come to an agreement with the Jewish government became rejected. Literally Town of the Eight, Kiryat Shmona turned into named after 8 Jewish militiamen, commanded by using Joseph Trumpeldor, who had fallen inside the 1920 Battle of Tel Hai all through the Franco-Syrian War adjoining to the brand new town. It had originally been named Kiryat Yosef for Trumpeldor earlier than the call changed into modified to Kiryat Shmona in June 1950.