District Southern Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar Founded 1955 | Council Lakhish Population (2015) 569 Local time Monday 7:18 PM | |
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Name meaning Named for Amaziah of Judah Weather 14°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 54% Humidity | ||
Amatzia (Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָה) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located around 8 km southeast of Lakhish, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. The population is a mix of religious and secular Israelis, and was 569 in 2015.
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Map of Amatzia, Israel
History
The moshav was founded in 1955, and is located on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Al-Dawayima, the scene of the 1948 Al-Dawayima massacre.
It was named for King Amaziah of Judah, who, according to the Book of Kings, was killed in the Lakhish region. In the past the community was a moshav shitufi but it has undergone a process of privatization and abandoned its communal nature.
In 2006, temporary housing was built in the area of the moshav to absorb evacuees from Katif who lived in Gush Katif but were evacuated under Israel's unilateral disengagement plan.