Dafna
Dafna
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Dafna Dafna | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′48″N 35°38′19″E / 33.23000°N 35.63861°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 3 May 1939 |
| Founded by | Polish and Lithuanian Habonim Dror members |
| Population (2023) | 1,077 |
| Website | www.dafna.org.il |
Dafna (Hebrew: דפנה) is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Located seven kilometres east of Kiryat Shmona and surrounded by three streams of the Dan River, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,077.
Dafna was founded on 3 May 1939 as a Tower and Stockade settlement, the first such settlement in the northern Hula Valley. Dafna, Beit Hillel, She'ar Yashuv and Dan were known as the "Ussishkin Fortresses", named after Menahem Ussishkin.