"[2] The Polish-Jewish immigrants cleared the forest and planted orchards for edible crops that would grow on a rocky hillside, to feed the small population .

[3] The kibbutz, situated a short distance from the Lebanese border, was established in 1938 on 400 dunams of land in Khirbet Samak, which had been purchased by the Jewish National Fund.

When the Israeli forces, having just occupied the town of Tarshiha appeared coming up the path the inhabitants defending the kibbutz could hardly believe their good fortune.

[5] Eshet Eilon is a privately-owned production plant which manufactures agri-industrial systems to sort vegetables and fruit.

Eilon houses an archaeological collection of artefacts dating back to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, as well as from the Iron Age, and which were salvaged principally from the ruin Khirbet Jelĩl, near Moshav Goren.