Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council.

[2] Aseret was founded in 1954 as the municipal center of Gederot Regional Council.

[2] Aseret was built on the lands of Bashshit, a Palestinian village depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

[2] According to scholars of the Palestine Exploration Fund, the name Bashshit was derived from Beit Shit, meaning the "house of Seth.

[4][5] The tomb lies within a triple-domed mosque located on the side of a hill.