District Central Affiliation Moshavim Movement Founded by Bulgarian immigrants Local time Saturday 12:03 PM | Council Gan Raveh Founded 1948 Population (2015) 992 | |
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Ge'alya, sometimes written Galia (Hebrew: גְּאַלְיָה), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 992.
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Map of Ge'alya, Israel
History
The moshav was founded in 1948 by new immigrants from Bulgaria, on land belonging to the Arab village of Qubayba, which was depopulated in 1948.
It is located south of the ancient site of Tel Shalaf, where Iron Age artefacts have been found. Tel Shalaf, is identified by some but not all scholars with the city of Eltekeh. Eltekeh appeared in Sennacherib's Annals as the site of a battle between the Assyrians and Egyptians in 701 BCE, and in the Bible as a Levitical city within the first Dan tribal area (Joshua 19:44 and Joshua 21:23).