Located near Yehud, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council.

In 1952, after the kibbutz was destroyed and abandoned in the Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak, it was re-established in its current location south of Petah Tivka.

[2] During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area was part of the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod, which encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west.

[4] During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the kibbutz took serious losses and was badly damaged by the Egyptian Army in the Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak, which included aerial bombardment.

According to a report by the Jewish National Fund, the Egyptians were driven out and suffered hundreds of losses.